shershaah 2021

 

Official release poster
Directed by	Vishnuvardhan
Written by	Sandeep Shrivastava
Based on	Life of Vikram Batra
Produced by	Hiroo Yash Johar Karan Johar Apoorva Mehta Shabbir Boxwala Ajay Shah Himanshu Gandhi
Starring	Sidharth Malhotra Kiara Advani
Cinematography	Kamaljeet Negi
Edited by	A. Sreekar Prasad
Music by	Score: John Stewart Eduri Songs Tanishk Bagchi B Praak Jasleen Royal Javed-Mohsin Vikram Montrose
Production companies	Dharma Productions Kaash Entertainment
Distributed by	Amazon Prime Video
Release date	12 August 2021[1]
Running time	135 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Shershaah (transl. Lion King) is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language biographical war film directed by Vishnuvardhan in his Bollywood debut and written by Sandeep Shrivastava. The film follows the life of Param Vir Chakra-awardee Captain Vikram Batra, from his first posting in the army to his death in the Kargil War. The film stars Sidharth Malhotra as Vikram Batra and Kiara Advani as his girlfriend Dimple Cheema. 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 co-producers.^[2]

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.^[3][4] The film then premiered on 12 August 2021 on Amazon Prime Video.^[1] The film received mixed reviews from the critics, who praised Malhotra's performance and the action sequences but criticised the writing of the film.^[5][6] On 31 August 2021, Amazon stated that Shershaah had become the most watched Indian film on the platform.^[7]