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Ikkis

Ikkis

He was 21, will remain as that.

20266.02h 28m

Overview

Second Lieutenant and India's youngest Param Vir Chakra recipient, Arun Khetarpal, gave his life fighting for his battalion and the country during the 1971 Battle of Basantar. Ikkis also takes a reflective look at the futility of war through the eyes of Khetarpal's father, who visits his ancestral home in Sargodha and Alma Mater for reunion, which now happens to be in post-partition Pakistan, 30 years later.

Directed by Sriram Raghavan
Written by Sriram Raghavan, Pooja Ladha Surti, Arijit Biswas
Produced by Dinesh Vijan
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Top Cast

Dharmendra

Dharmendra

Brig. Madan Lal Khetarpal

Jaideep Ahlawat

Jaideep Ahlawat

Brig. Jaan Mohammad Khan

Agastya Nanda

Agastya Nanda

2nd Lt Arun Khetarpal

Simar Bhatia

Simar Bhatia

Kiran Kochar

Shree Bishnoi

Shree Bishnoi

SWR Parag Singh

Suhasini Mulay

Suhasini Mulay

Mrs. Maheshwari Khetarpal

Rahul Dev

Rahul Dev

Lt Col Hanut Singh

Sikandar Kher

Sikandar Kher

RIS Sagat Singh

Ekavali Khanna

Ekavali Khanna

Maryam Nisar

Vivaan Shah

Vivaan Shah

Capt. Vijender Malhotra

Themes & Keywords

1970sbased on true storyperiod dramahistorical dramaindia pakistan warwar dramabased on real personbiographical drama

About Ikkis

Ikkis is a history, war, drama film released in 2026 exploring themes of 1970s, based on true story, period drama, historical drama, india pakistan war, war drama. Directed by Sriram Raghavan, it stars Dharmendra, Jaideep Ahlawat, Agastya Nanda. Second Lieutenant and India's youngest Param Vir Chakra recipient, Arun Khetarpal, gave his life fighting for his battalion and the country during the 1971 Battle of Basantar. Ikkis also takes a reflective look at the futility of war through the eyes of Khetarpal's father, who visits his ancestral home in Sargodha and Alma Mater for reunion, which now happens to be in post-partition Pakistan, 30 years later.

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