Pippa (film)
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| Directed by | Raja Krishna Menon |
| Written by | Ravinder Randhawa Tanmay Mohan Raja Krishna Menon |
| Produced by | Ronnie Screwvala Siddharth Roy Kapur |
| Starring | Ishaan Khatter Mrunal Thakur Priyanshu Painyuli |
| Cinematography | Priya Seth |
| Edited by | Hemanti Sarkar |
| Music by | A. R. Rahman |
Production companies | RSVP Movies Roy Kapur Films |
| Distributed by | Amazon Prime Video |
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Running time | 139 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Pippa is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language biographical war film based on the life 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 Soviet amphibious war tank PT-76, which floats on water like an empty tin, the film traces Mehta's coming-of-age as he steps up to prove himself in Bangladesh Liberation War. It is an adaptation of real life events during the Battle of Garibpur in 1971, and is written and directed by Raja Krishna Menon.
The film was produced by RSVP Movies and Roy Kapur Films, with Ronnie Screwvala and Siddharth Roy Kapur as producers. It stars Ishaan Khatter, Mrunal Thakur and Priyanshu Painyuli in lead roles. The film is an adaptation of Brigadier Balram Singh Mehta's war memoir, 'The Burning Chaffees'.
The film premiered on 10 November 2023 on Amazon Prime Video.