Shershaah

Shershaah is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language biographical war action film directed by Vishnuvardhan and co-produced by Karan Johar. Tracing the life journey of Param Vir Chakra awardee and army captain Vikram Batra, it stars Sidharth Malhotra in a double role, as Batra and his identical twin brother Vishal; Kiara Advani plays the role of Dimple Cheema.[1] The official announcement for film was made in May 2019; principal photography commenced in the same month and wrapped up in January 2020. Initially scheduled to be released on 3 July 2020, the film was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] This also marks Vishnuvardhan's directorial debut in Bollywood and Hindi film.[3]

Shershaah
Directed byVishnuvardhan
Produced byKaran Johar
Hiroo Yash Johar
Apoorva Mehta
Shabbir Boxwala
Ajay Shah
Himanshu Gandhi
Written bySandeep Srivastava
StarringSidharth Malhotra
Kiara Advani
CinematographyKamaljeet Negi
Edited byA. Sreekar Prasad
Production
company
Dharma Productions
Kaash Entertainment
Distributed byPanorama Studios
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Cast

Production

Karan Johar confirmed in 2018 that he will be producing a biopic on the life of Captain Vikram Batra. Sidharth Malhotra was selected by him to portray double role, as Batra and his identical twin brother Vishal. After talkings with several actresses can't work out, Kiara Advani was signed to portray Batra's fiancée Dimple Cheema. Malhotra started military training for the film on April 17, 2019.[5] Before the official announcement of the film, it was speculated that the title will be "Mera Dil Maange More" but later was changed to "Shershaah".

The film was officially announced on 2 May 2019 with title and shooting locations to be Chandigarh, Palampur, Ladakh and Kashmir.[6] Principal photography eventually commenced on 7 May and the film was wrapped up on 12 January 2020 as the makers shared some pictures from the sets and announced the news.[7]

Release

The film was scheduled to release theatrically on 3 July 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References
  1. "Vikram Batra biopic, tentatively titled Shershah, to go on floors this summer". Bollywood Hungama. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  2. "Sidharth Malhotra's Shershaah To Release On Digital Platforms". 17 June 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  3. "Shershaah: On Birthday, Sidharth Malhotra Shares First Look Posters Of The Vikram Batra Biopic". NDTV. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  4. "Kashmir's Bollywood actor Mir Sarwar in Laxmi Bomb with Akshay Kumar and Dharma Productions Shershaah". www.jkmonitor.org. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  5. "Sidharth Malhotra begins training for Vikram Batra biopic". The Times of India. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  6. "Shershaah: Karan Johar announces Vikram Batra biopic with Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani". India Today. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  7. "Kiara Advani, Sidharth Malhotra Wrap up Shershaah Shoot". News18. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
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