Speculations were rife that Sidharth Malhotra had recently approached his mentor and filmmaker Karan Johar with a project. The young actor wanted the ace filmmaker to produce the movie under his production house, Dharma Productions. Today, all speculations turned out to be remarkably accurate as Karan himself took to Twitter to announce the Vikram Batra biopic with Sidharth Malhotra in the lead role.
"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 Written By Sandeep Shrivastava,” he tweeted.
For the uninitiated, Vikram Batra was an Indian army officer who was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra for fighting with enemies till his last breath during the Kargil war in the year 1999.
Sidharth, who will step into the shoes of the great warrior to tell his story on celluloid, announced the good news on Twitter. "Excited to announce that I will be portraying “Sher Shah” Vikram Batra's heroic story produced by @DharmaMovies n Shabbir Boxwala, Directed by Vishnu Varadhan, written by-Sandeep Srivastava. #Shershah," read his tweet.
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