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Pippa is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language biographical war film based on the life of Captain Balram Singh Mehta of India's 45 Cavalry regiment who, along with his siblings, fought on the eastern front during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Named after the Russian amphibious war tank “PT-76”, which floats on water like an empty ‘pippa’ (tin) of ghee, the film traces Mehta's coming-of-age as he steps up to prove himself in Bangladesh Liberation War. It is an adaptation of real life events during the Battle of Garibpur in 1971, and is directed by Raja Krishna Menon. The film was produced by RSVP Movies and Roy Kapur Films, with Ronnie Screwvala and Siddharth Roy Kapur serving as producers. It stars Ishaan Khatter, Mrunal Thakur and Priyanshu Painyuli in lead roles. The film is an adaptation of Brigadier Balram Singh Mehta's war memoir, 'The Burning Chaffees'.
Original Release
11/10/2023
US Release
11/10/2023
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Ishaan Khattar | Brigadier Balram Singh Mehta |
Mrunal Thakur | Radha Mehta |
Priyanshu Painyuli | Major Ram Mehta |
Inaamulhaq | Shibli |
Sandesh Bhandari | Risal. R P Singh / Risaldar RP Singh |
Abhinav Bhattacharjee | Ris. J.S chakraborty / Risaldar Chakraborty |
Waris Ahmed Zaidi | LD Shibe Lal |
Amit Ghosh | Nobi |
Vaibhav Gohil | (archive sound) |
Leysan Karimova | Russian Translator Zena / Zena |
Directors
Writers
Raja Menon, Balram Singh Mehta, Tanmay Mohan, Ravinder Randhawa
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ishaan Khattar | Brigadier Balram Singh Mehta |
Mrunal Thakur | Radha Mehta |
Priyanshu Painyuli | Major Ram Mehta |
Inaamulhaq | Shibli |
Sandesh Bhandari | Risal. R P Singh / Risaldar RP Singh |
Abhinav Bhattacharjee | Ris. J.S chakraborty / Risaldar Chakraborty |
Waris Ahmed Zaidi | LD Shibe Lal |
Amit Ghosh | Nobi |
Vaibhav Gohil | (archive sound) |
Leysan Karimova | Russian Translator Zena / Zena |
Surya Mittal | Manjot |
Suryansh Patel | ALD Ramphal Vats |
Neeraj Pardeep Purohit | Major Pratap Singh |
Chandrachoor Rai | Chiefy / D.S. Narag (Chiefy) |
Soni Razdan | Maati |
Bishal Rungta | Gunner Harish / LD Harishchandra |
Aleksandr | Russian Officer in Tank |
Armen Ataian | Russian Officer |
Sukrit Sharma | Officer Digby |
Ajay Madhok | Manjot's Father |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Aditya Krishna | Executive Producer |
Lawrence D'Souza | Executive Producer |
Rajesh Bhatt | Producer |
Alex Anthony Fernandes | Producer |
Pashan Jal | Producer |
Siddharth Roy Kapur | Producer |
Bantoo Khanna | Producer |
Malvika Khatri | Producer |
Anurag Pathak | Producer |
Ronnie Screwvala | Producer |
Navraaz Johal | Producer |
Pranati Nagarsheth | Producer |
Eshaan Phadnis | Producer |
Akshay Panse | Producer |