Vicky Kaushal's Uri role as 'Major Vihaan Shergill' was inspired by a real Army officer

Actor Vicky Kaushal won a million hearts and as many salutes with his role as Major Vihaan Singh Shergill in film Uri: Surgical Strike. film was critically acclaimed and became famous for dialogue ‘How’s Josh?’. Uri: Surgical Strike was first film that was made on India's surgical strike to take out terrorist launchpads in Pakistan in response to Uri terror attack perpetrated by Pakistani terrorists in September 2016, first visuals of which were first accessed by Republic TV. Actor Vicky Kaushal nailed his role as an Army Major and left many wondering more about his character and inspirations.

Here’s what inspired Vicky Kaushal’s character as an Army Major

Vicky Kaushal had spent some time with soldiers of Indian Army. latter used to keep his fans updated about his life through his social media accounts. In one of his interviews, he mentioned that his inspiration behind character he played in Uri: Surgical Strike was Army Major Prashant Siwach. 

He also said that director of Uri: Surgical Strike Aditya Dhar would meet Major Prashant Siwach and draw references from him to get behaviour and spirit of a Special Force Commando right to write Major Vihaan’s character.

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Major Prashant is a Shaurya Chakra Awardee and has also won several or awards for his contribution and bravery. During time spent with Army officers, Vicky Kaushal learnt a lot of things, which he has subsequently gone on to reveal. In lighter moments, he shared a few pictures while making rotis, and also took cooking lessons from chef of Army mess.

latter looked pretty content with his skills and shared a picture on his Instagram account, happily sharing that he made his first roti for Army and that he was glad about it. actor shared ar picture with Indian Army officers. He wrote that he was happy to be getting an opportunity to spend a few days with Indian Army at 14,000 ft altitude at Indo-China border of Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh.

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On work front, Vicky Kaushal will be seen in film Sardar Udham Singh. biographical film directed by Shoojit Sircar is based on life of a revolutionary freedom fighter. Vicky Kaushal will play lead role of Udham Singh, who is kwn for assassinating Michael O'Dwyer, former lieutenant goverr of Punjab in India. Dwyer was man responsible for  Jallianwala Bagh massacre. film is slated to release next year.

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