Vishnu Vardhan’s next titled Shershaah

Popular director Vishnu Vardhan, is all set to make a film on

Kargil

war hero Vikram Batra. The film, which was announced last year, will begin shoot soon. The film’s director shared the news on his micro-blogging page, “Thank you @vishalbatra1974 and the family for letting us be part of this incredible journey of captain Vikram Batra(PVC)#sherehaah.”

The Hindi film has been titled as

Shershaah

and the new title was revealed recently. While Sidharth Malhotra will play the lead role, Kiara Advani has been roped in as the female lead of the film. Shershaah is produced by Bollywood director Karan Johar in association with Hiroo Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Shabbir Boxwala, Ajay Shah and Himanshu Gandhi. Vishnu announced that the shoot for the film is likely to begin soon. ““The valor is stability,not of legs and arms,but of courage and the soul”.

The journey of captain Vikram Batra begins. #shershaah @karanjohar #HirooJohar @apoorvamehta18 @b_shabbir #ajayshah #himanshugandhi @sidmalhotra @Advani_Kiara @DharmaMovies @sreekar_prasad @kamaljeetnegi.”