With India celebrating 20 years of the Kargil war, actor Sidharth Malhotra remembered Captain Vikram Batra, and said that he wants to make the martyr's family happy by doing full justice to this role in the biopic 'Shershaah'. Captain Vikram Batra dies while recapturing Indian territories from Pakistani intruders during the Kargil war in 1999. He was referred to as 'Shershah'. Batra was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest war-time gallantry award.
Sidharth said, "More than interesting, it is more of a responsibility to bring back his glory on screen. He sacrificed his life for our nation, so I can never take this project for granted. I met his parents and his brother, they are so attached to him emotionally. I hope I don't let them down. Apart from business aspect, I hope we make a film that does justice to Batra's glory and eventually makes his family happy."
The movie is produced by Karan Johar's Dharma Productions, and is directed by Vishnu Varadhan and the story was written by Sandeep Srivastava.
