Shershaah (2021) Captain Vikram Batra & the Kargil War

Shershaah (transl. Lion King) is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language biographical war film directed by Vishnuvardhan in his Hindi film debut and written by Sandeep Shrivastava. The film follows the life of Param Vir Chakra-awardee Captain Vikram Batra, from his first posting in the army to his death in the Kargil War. The film stars Sidharth Malhotra as Vikram Batra and Kiara Advani as his girlfriend Dimple Cheema. The film was produced by Dharma Productions and Kaash Entertainment, with Hiroo Yash Johar, Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Shabbir Boxwala, Ajay Shah and Himanshu Gandhi serving as producers.[2]

Announced in May 2019, principal photography began in the same month and concluded in January 2020. Initially slated to be released on 3 July 2020, the film was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4] The film then premiered on 12 August 2021 on Amazon Prime Video.[1] The film received mixed reviews from the critics, who praised Malhotra's performance and the action sequences but criticised the writing of the film.[5][6] On 31 August 2021, Amazon stated that Shershaah had become the most watched Indian film on the platform in India.[7]

Sidharth Malhotra in a dual role as
Captain Vikram "Vicky" Batra / Shershaah
Krishnay Tuteja as Junior Vicky
Vishal Batra, Vicky's twin brother
Kavay Tuteja as Junior Vishal
Kiara Advani as Dimple Cheema, Vicky's girlfriend and fiancée
Shiv Panditt as Lieutenant Sanjeev "Jimmy" Jamwal / Sangram, Vicky's CO and later friend
Nikitin Dheer as Major Ajay "Jassi" Singh Jasrotia
Anil Charanjeett as Naib Subedar Bansi Lal Sharma, Vicky's close friend
Shataf Figar as Lieutenant Colonel Yogesh Kumar "Y. K." Joshi, CO of 13 JAK RIF
Abhiroy Singh as Major Subrata "Subbu" Mukherjee / Chanakya, Delta Company CO
Sahil Vaid as Amit "Sunny" Sood, Vicky's best friend
Manmeet Kaur as Mona. Dimple’s best friend
Raj Arjun as Subedar Raghunath Singh, a platoon commander in Delta Company
Pranay Singh Pachauri as Rifleman Yashpal
Atul Verma as Rifleman Meher Singh
Pawan Chopra as Girdhari Lal "G. L." Batra, Vicky and Vishal's father
Mir Sarwar as Haider[8]
Bijay J. Anand as Mr. Cheema, Dimple's father
Himmanshoo A. Malhotra as Captain Rajeev Kapoor
Rakesh Dubey as Major Vijay Bhaskar
Ankur Sharma as Major Vikas Vohra
Jay Kartik as Lieutenant Naveen Nagappa
Vijay Meenu as Kamal Kanta Batra, Vicky & Vishal's mother

Coletti's Combat Aircraft