The war scenes were so powerful that they were hard to watch.

"It just looks like a war scene," she added.

While dancing, the story is brought even play excerpts from the Ramayana, especially the war scenes.

The song was later used to great effect during war scenes in the 1975 movie Overlord.

The opening war scene was filmed over three weeks and required fifty stuntmen.

Later, in the war scenes, original newsreel footage is used.

Probably yes (with the help of some overwhelming war scenes).

They could have left out the war scenes though - they added nothing at all.

Or maybe a war scene wouldn't fit with the tone of your novel.