Dharma Productions To Bankroll War Hero Vikram Batra’s Biopic Starring Sidharth Malhotra

We had revealed a few weeks ago that Sidharth Malhotra may star in a film based on the life of war hero Captain Vikram Batra, who lost his life during the Kargil War 1999 and Karan Johar just announced that his company Dharma Productions would be making it.

Taking to Twitter, Johar announced, “Time to relive-Yeh Dil Mangey More@DharmaMovies & Shabbir Boxwala collaborate to present the true story of bravery & patriotism-the chronicles of Kargil war hero Vikram Batra@S1dharthM in the lead as Sher Shah Vikram Batra. Vishnu Varadhan to direct. WrittenBy Sandeep Shrivastava.” On his part, Sidharth tweeted, “Excited to announce that I will be portraying “Sher Shah” Vikram Batras heroic story produced by @DharmaMovies n Shabbir boxwala, Directed by Vishnu Varadhan ,written by-Sandeep Srivastava.”

Captain Vikram Batra of 13 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles had fought in the Kargil War in June 1999 in the Dras sub sector and was instrumental in the capture of Point 5140 on the Tololing Ridge leading to Tiger Hill. Batra lost his life during the subsequent operation of Point 4875, while bravely rushing forward to rescue Lieutenant Naveen, a subaltern under Batra. On 15 August, 1999, his father received Vikram’s Param Vir Chakra Award posthumously.