Sidharth Malhotra is all set to play strong character on screen for his next film - a biopic on the life of Kargil War hero Vikram Batra. The official announcement on the title of the film is out! Titled Shershaah, it's an inspiring story of captain Vikram Batra, who was an Indian Army officer martyred in the Kargil War at the age of 24.  Vikram was posthumously also awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India’s highest military honour, on Independence Day in 1999. Sidharth is quite excited about the film.

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Directed by Vishnuvardhan and produced by Karan Johar and Shabbir Boxwala, Shershaah also stars Kiara Advani and is aiming for an early 2020 release. Talking about the movie, in an interview Sidharth has said,  "I am excited to play this real-life heroic story of sacrifice and valour. This is something I have not done before. I am looking forward to shoot at all real-life locations."

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In another interview, The EK Villian actor  had also expressed his excitement to work with weapons as he had revealed, "It will involve a lot of weaponry. I'm obsessed with weapons. My father had got me a pellet gun, the kind that was used in Home Alone (1990), and I was obsessed with that. So, I'm excited to try different weapons for it."