Shershaah (2021)

Original title

शेरशाह

Directed by

Vishnuvardhan

Genre

biographical film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 15m

Rated

UA

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 124 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A biographical war drama based on a real Indian army officer who was killed in action during the Kargil War. The story follows his journey from a young man in love to a soldier in combat.

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What happens

Shershaah (transl. Lion-king) is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language biographical war drama film based on the life of Vikram Batra, martyred in action in the Kargil War, directed by Vishnuvardhan in his Hindi film debut and written by Sandeep Shrivastava. The film was produced by Dharma Productions and Kaash Entertainment, with Hiroo Yash Johar, Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Shabbir Boxwala, Ajay Shah and Himanshu Gandhi serving as producers. Sidharth Malhotra stars in a dual role as Vikram Batra and his twin brother Vishal, with Kiara Advani as his girlfriend Dimple Cheema. Announced in May 2019, principal photography began in the same month and concluded in January 2020. Initially slated to be released on 3 July 2020, the film was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film then premiered on 12 August 2021 on Amazon Prime Video. Shershaah received positive reviews from critics and audiences. The performances (especially Malhotra's and Advani's), direction, music, cinematography, action sequences, editing, and visual effects received high critical acclaim. However, the writing received some criticism. On 31 August 2021, Amazon stated that Shershaah had become the most watched Indian film on the platform in India. Shershaah led the 67th Filmfare Awards with 19 nominations, including Best Actor (Malhotra) and Best Actress (Advani), and won 7 awards including Best Film, Best Director (Vishnuvardhan), Best Music Director (Tanishk Bagchi, B Praak, Jasleen Royal, Javed-Mohsin and Vikram Montrose), Best Male Playback Singer (Praak for "Mann Bharrya") and Best Female Playback Singer (Asees Kaur for "Raatan Lambiyaan"). At the 69th National Film Awards, the film won the Special Jury Award (Feature Film) (Vishnuvardhan and Johar). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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