Janhvi Kapoor’s Gunjan Saxena Biopic, Kargil Girl: Guess Who Will Play Actress' Father, Anuj Saxena?
This actor who has been creating a stir in Bollywood and the web world, has been roped in to play of Janhvi Kapoor’s father Anuj Saxena, in Gunjan Saxena biopic
After Angad
Bedi, this talented actor has joined the cast of Janhvi Kapoor’s upcoming film
Gunjan Saxena biopic, Kargil Girl and he will be seen playing the role of
Kapoor’s father Anuj Saxena in the film. It's none other than Pankaj Tripathi
and the actor has already started shooting for the film in Lucknow.
Confirming the news to Mumbai Mirror, Pankaj Tripathi said, “It’s an important story that needs to be told. When Sharan narrated the script to me, I immediately agreed to be a part of it. My role is integral to the story and I found a human connect, which is an important criterion for me to sign a film. Janhvi is sincere, warm and extremely hard-working. She has prepped a lot for the film and we did a couple of readings together before shooting began.”
Further, talking about meeting the real Anup Saxena, Tripathi said, “Sharan has researched a lot so most of the required information was available to us. Meeting Mr Saxena was a great experience. I won’t be imitating him in the film as for me, it’s important to get the essence of the man right.”
Produced by Karan Johar’ the biopic is based on the life of first female Indian Air Force combat pilot and first female Shaurya Chakra recipient Gunjan Saxena, who played a pivotal role in picking the injured soldiers during the 1999 Kargil War.
In December,
2018, Janhvi Kapoor’s look from the film was leaked online, which saw her in
IAF uniform. Apart from the biopic, Janhvi is also a part of Takht with Ranveer
Singh, Vicky Kaushal, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Bhumi Pednekar and Anil Kapoor.
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