Actor
Ishaan
Khatter
is
on
a
signing
spree.
After
announcing
Phone
Bhoot
co-starring
Katrina
Kaif
and
Siddhant
Chaturvedi,
the
Dhadak
actor
has
bagged
one
more
project.
Ishaan
has
been
roped
in
to
play
Brigadier
Balram
Singh
Mehta
in
an
upcoming
war
film
titled
Pippa.
The
film
has
the
celebrated
Army
tank
at
the
core
of
its
plot
and
will
be
helmed
by
Airlift
director
Raja
Krishna
Menon.
For
those
who
don't
know,
Veteran
Brigadier
Balram
Singh
Mehta
of
the
45th
Cavalry
tank
squadron,
along
with
his
siblings,
fought
on
the
eastern
front
during
the
Indo-Pakistan
war
of
1971.
Pippa
is
based
on
his
book
titled
'The
Burning
Chaffees'.
Ishaan
is
quite
excited
to
star
in
a
war
film
and
was
quoted
as
saying
"I'm
exhilarated
to
be
a
part
of
a
film
of
such
magnitude
and
importance.
Getting
to
play
the
suave
and
spirited
tank
commander
Captain
Balram
Mehta
is
a
true
privilege.
I'm
looking
forward
to
the
exciting
experience
of
Pippa."
He
also
took
to
his
Instagram
page
and
wrote,
"It's
an
incredible
honour
to
step
into
the
shoes
of
#BrigadierBalramSinghMehta.
As
we
are
about
to
celebrate
the
spirit
of
independence,
the
team
is
coming
together
for
a
visual
celebration
of
love,
humanity
and
India
in
#Pippa!"
Talking
about
the
film,
director
Raja
Krishna
Menon
said,
"Pippa
is
a
war
film,
but
it
also
has
an
emotional
core
celebrating
the
triumph
of
love
and
humanity.
The
fact
that
there
is
going
to
be
some
never-seen-before
tank
war
action
is
extremely
thrilling
to
me
as
a
filmmaker,
but
it's
the
heroism
and
patriotism
displayed
by
the
young
and
strapping
Brigadier
Mehta,
despite
all
that
he
was
going
through
in
his
family,
that
really
connected
with
me
when
Siddharth
(Roy
Kapur)
shared
this
story."
The
film's
title
highlights
the
Russian
war
tank
PT-76,
popularly
known
as
Pippa.
The
film
portrays
the
coming-of-age
of
a
young
Mehta
as
well
as
of
India.
Producer
Siddharth
Roy
Kapur
said
in
his
official
statement,
"While
the
Indo-Pakistan
war
of
1971
is
widely
documented,
one
of
its
less-known
chapters
is
the
covert
operation
that
became
the
Battle
of
Garibpur,
which
played
a
significant
part
in
India's
eventual
victory.
This
is
the
war
that
is
often
heralded
as
the
only
'just
war'
in
history
because
it
was
fought
to
save
human
lives
and
free
a
nation."
Pippa
is
slated
to
hit
the
theatrical
screens
late
next
year.