Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the 21 largest unnamed islands in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago had been named after Param Vir Chakra awardees. One of the islands was named after the Kargil War hero, the late Captain Vikram Batra. The life of Captain Batra was recently immortalised by Sidharth Malhotra in the Vishnuvardhan directorial, Shershaah (2021).
Taking to his social media, Sidharth said, "The very news that an island in Andaman & Nicobar is named after our hero Captain Vikram Batra leaves me with goosebumps! My heart swells with pride that I was fortunate to live his role on screen. This step taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi ensures that Shershaah lives on forever", the actor wrote.
Captain Batra, whose code name Shershaah became a prominent name in the 1999 war and he was instrumental in helping the Indian Army. The biopic was released on Prime Video in August 2021 to critical acclaim.
Sidharth was most recently seen in the Netflix film Mission Majnu, a spy thriller.