India gears up for independence anniversary with Bollywood war hero film
10-Aug-2021 13:32:53 | Yahoo Sports
A new Bollywood film depicting a young army captain fighting heroically in the disputed region of Kashmir comes out on Thursday as patriotic fevour builds in India in the run-up to this week's independence anniversary. "Shershaah", which roughly translates as King of Lions, refers to 24-year-old Vikram Batra, who won a key victory against Pakistan-backed forces in Kashmir before he died in 1999. It is the latest of a series of Bollywood films set in a nationalist framework.
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