The much-awaited spy-thriller Saare Jahan Se Accha was released on Netflix on August 13, 2025 and ever since then, it has been among the most watched series of the week in India.
Directed by Sumit Purohit, Saare Jahan Se Accha is an espionage thriller that is set in early 1970s timeline revolving around India's secret service RAW trying to derail Pakistan's nefarious attempt to make a nuclear bomb under then Pakistan PM Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Since you have landed on this page, True Scoop assumes you have already watched the series on Netflix and wondering about Saare Jahan Se Accha Real Story or Saare Jahan Se Accha True Story. Furthermore, you are digging deep into the character of Ali Murtaza Malik, the Pakistani ISI Chief played by actor Sunny Hinduja.
Continue reading below to know all about ISI Chief Ali Murtaza Malik-
As mentioned by the makers, Saare Jahan Se Accha is a fictional story inspired by true events that took place between India and Pakistan during the early 1970s.
The Netflix showcase, Bollywood actor Pratik Gandhi playing the character of Vishnu Shankar, an undercover RAW agent who gets posted in Islamabad by then RAW Chief RN Kao. Vishnu has one mission- to identify Pakistan's nuclear facility and destroy it by hook or by crook.
The makers have clearly mentioned that the story is inspired by real life events and uses fictional some for some characters. The name of (then) ISI Chief- Ali Murtaza Malik is also fictional.
As a result, True Scoop tried to dig- who was the ISI Chief when Zulfikar Ali Bhutto served as PM of Pakistan.
Then ISI Chief was Major General Ghulam Jilani Khan. Ghulam Jilani Khan served as ISI Chief from 1971 to 1978. In that role, Jilani served three Pakistani governments, those headed successively by Yahya Khan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and Zia-ul-Haq.
Interestingly, both Bhutto and Zia-ul-Haq had 'nuclear bomb' ambitions.
