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Ikkis (2026)
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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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.
Rating:PG-13
Genre:History, War, Drama
Written By:Sriram Raghavan, Pooja Ladha Surti, Arijit Biswas
In Theaters:2/25/2026
Box Office:
Runtime:148 minutes
Studio:Maddock Films
Cast
Sriram Raghavan
Director
Dharmendra
Brig. Madan Lal Khetarpal
Jaideep Ahlawat
Brig. Jaan Mohammad Khan
Agastya Nanda
2nd Lt Arun Khetarpal
Simar Bhatia
Kiran Kochar
Shree Bishnoi
SWR Parag Singh
Suhasini Mulay
Mrs. Maheshwari Khetarpal
Rahul Dev
Lt Col Hanut Singh
Sikandar Kher
RIS Sagat Singh
Ekavali Khanna
Maryam Nisar
Vivaan Shah
Capt. Vijender Malhotra
Avani Rai
Saba
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