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. 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 premiered on 10 November 2023 on Amazon Prime Video.
Revolves around Brigadier Balram Singh Mehta of the 45th Cavalry tank squadron who fought on the eastern front during the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971 along with his siblings.
Cast
- Ishaan Khatter as Captain Balram Singh Mehta
- Mrunal Thakur as Radha Mehta
- Priyanshu Painyuli as Major Ram Mehta / Mohammad Nadeef
- Soni Razdan as Maati
- Inaamulhaq as Shibli
- Bishal Rungta as LD Harish
- Suryansh Patel as Ramphal
- Anuj Singh Duhan as Speedy
- Kamal Sadanah as Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw
- Chandrachoor Rai as Chiefy
- Soham Majumdar as Anirban Mukherjee
- Leysan Karimova as Russian translator Zena
- Neeraj Purohit as Major Pratap Singh
