Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani roped in for Vikram Batra’s biopic titled ‘Shershaah’
The title is a reference to the late Batra’s nickname, Sher Shah, given to him by Pakistani soldiers for his bravery.The film will also feature Kiara Advani, and will be directed by Vishnu Varadhan. The film is about the Kargil War hero Vikram Batra. This martyred soldier was also awarded Pram Vir Chakra Award posthumously; India’s highest war-time gallantry award.
A lieutenant with the 13 Jammu & Kashmir Rifles, Batra was involved in the capture of two peaks, Pt 5140 and Pt 4875, during the war. It was during the latter mission that he came under fire when trying to evacuate an injured jawan. Batra succumbed to his injury while helping to evacuate the injured.
The entire team of directors consists of Karan Johar, Hiroo Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Shabbir Boxwala, Ajay Shah and Himanshu Gandhi. The film will be directed by Vishnu Varadhan, who directed the Ajith Kumar-starrer, Billa (2007) and Arrambam (2013) in Tamil. This will mark his debut feature in Hindi cinema.
Siddharth Malhotra’s Upcoming films include ‘Shershaah’, ‘Marjaavan’ and ‘Jabariya Jodi’. , Kiara Advani who keeps on charming us with her looks has had success with Netflix’s ‘Lust Stories’. She is set to be seen in ‘Kabir Singh’ along with Shahid Kapoor and ‘Good news’ along with Kareena Kapoor and Akshay Kumar on screen.
Beginning the journey of #Shershaah soon!@SidMalhotra @Advani_Kiara @vishnu_dir #HirooJohar @apoorvamehta18 @b_shabbir #AjayShah #HimanshuGandhi @dharmamovies pic.twitter.com/QBoxMeBDcv
— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) May 2, 2019