The biopic of Sidharth Malhotra within the lead function Kargil warfare hero Captain Vikram Batra All set to launch on August 12 on Amazon Prime Video. The title of the biopic is Shershaah and one can surprise why that is so.
The 1999 Kargil War was extensively coated by the tv media and because the Indian Army accomplished one purpose after one other, their praises have been aired on the nationwide information. During certainly one of these information interviews with NDTV, Captain Vikram Batra shared that his codename was Shershah, which Pakistanis already knew.
In an interview given a couple of days earlier than his dying, Captain Vikram Batra shared that the Pakistani Army got here to learn about his code title and was utilizing the identical radio frequency as Indian troopers. He shared that one of many Pakistani guys mentioned on the radio, “He said ‘Sher Shah, you aa gaye? Don’t try to come up or else you will have a tough time. And that was a time when they gave us a challenge, and My friends, they got mad that how dare a Pakistani army challenge us?'”
A couple of days after this interview, Vikram Batra laid down his life within the service of his nation. He was 24 years previous at the moment. He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra. He is claimed to have killed no less than 4 Pakistani troopers throughout his remaining confrontation after which got here out of his bunker to rescue one other significantly injured officer. As he charged on the enemy in his final moments, he shouted “Durga Mata ki Jai”, which was his unit’s battle-slog.
Directed by Vishnu Vardhan, Shershaah additionally stars Kiara Advani and is produced by Dharma Productions and Pen India Limited.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
