Pippa

Raja Menon
2023-11-10

1971. A nation comes of age.
4.9
140 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Ishaan Khatter Brigadier Balram Singh Mehta Unowned
Mrunal Thakur Radha Mehta Unowned
Priyanshu Painyuli Major Ram Mehta Unowned
Soni Razdan Maati Unowned
Soham Majumdar Anirban Unowned
Chandrachoor Rai D.S. Narag (Chiefy) Unowned
Inaamulhaq Shibli Unowned
Avijit Dutt Chief of C&A Unowned
Leysan Karimova Zena Unowned
Neeraj Pardeep Purohit Major Pratap Singh Unowned
Abhinav Bhattacharjee Risaldar Chakraborty Unowned
Waris Ahmed Zaidi LD Shibe Lal Unowned
Anuj Singh Duhan Lt. Col. Tejinder Singh Sidhu (Speedy) Unowned
Amit Ghosh Nobi Unowned
Sandesh Bhandari Risaldar RP Singh Unowned
Bishal Rungta LD Harishchandra Unowned
Surya Mittal Manjot Unowned
Suryansh Patel ALD Ramphal Vats Unowned
Sukrit Sharma Officer Digby Unowned
Vivek Madaan Sinha Unowned
Raja Chakravorty Hamidul Unowned
Flora Jacob PM Indira Gandhi Unowned
Harssh A. Singh Major Abbas Unowned
Kamal Sadanah Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw Unowned