Pippa

Pippa

142 mins | Drama, War | Nov. 10, 2023

The story 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 a war to liberate Bangladesh.

Pippa

142 mins | Drama, War | Nov. 10, 2023

Pippa
The story 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 a war to liberate Bangladesh.
Producers RSVP Movies, Roy Kapur Films
Original title पिप्पा
Directors Raja Menon
Writers Sanaya Irani Zohrabi, Ravinder Randhawa, Balram Singh Mehta, Tanmay Mohan, Maharsh Shah, Pashan Jal, Sonia Kanwar, Shailender Sodhi, Raja Menon

Cast

Ishaan Khattar

as Brigadier Balram Singh Mehta

Inaamulhaq

as Shibli

Leysan Karimova

as Zena

Neeraj Pardeep Purohit

as Major Pratap Singh

Waris Ahmed Zaidi

as LD Shibe Lal

Anuj Singh Duhan

as Lt. Col. Tejinder Singh Sidhu

Amit Ghosh

as Nobi

Bishal Rungta

as LD Harishchandra