It has been 17 years since filmmaker Farhan Akhtar's 'Lakshya' hit the screens. The actor-director on Friday expressed gratitude to the Indian Army for their help during the making of the film, which marked his second directorial venture after his blockbuster debut 'Dil Chahta Hai'. Akhtar, who shot the major portions of the second half of the film in Ladakh, said working on the project was a lifetime experience. He also mentioned that Lakshya has always been more than just a film to him.

A fiction, with the 1999 Kargil War at its backdrop, 'Lakshya' revolves around an aimless young man Karan Shergill (played by Hrithik Roshan), who joins the Indian Army and matures into a battlefield hero.