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Mumbai: Bollywood actor Sidharth Malhotra, who is known for films like ‘Student of the Year’, ‘Indian Police Force’, ‘Ek Villain’ and others, is remembering the Kargil War hero, Captain Vikram Batra on his birth anniversary on Monday.
The actor took to the Stories section of his Instagram, and shared a picture of himself paying tribute to the statue of the martyred hero. He wrote on the picture, “Remembering Captain Vikram Batra, the real Shershaah on his 50th birth anniversary. I’m grateful to have had the privilege of portraying him on screen. Hi bravery and spirit continue to inspire us all”.
Here’s the story shared by Sidharth Malhotra
Sid portrayed him in the 2021 film ‘Shershaah’. The biographical war film was based on the life of Captain Vikram Batra. The film was directed by Vishnuvardhan in his Hindi film debut and written by Sandeep Shrivastava, and also starred Sid’s wife Kiara Advani.
Captain Vikram Batra joined the Indian Military Academy (IMA) at Dehradun, in June 1996 in the Manekshaw Battalion, named after India’s war hero Sam Manekshaw. He completed his 19-month training course, and later graduated from the IMA on December 6, 1997. He was commissioned as a lieutenant into the Indian Army He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, the highest Indian military decoration, for his actions during the Kargil War, on 7 July 1999.
