Pippa (2023)
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.
Director: Raja Menon
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Ishaan Khatter as Brigadier Balram Singh Mehta |
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Mrunal Thakur as Radha Mehta |
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Priyanshu Painyuli as Major Ram Mehta |
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Soni Razdan as Maati |
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Soham Majumdar as Anirban |
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Chandrachoor Rai as D.S. Narag (Chiefy) |
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Inaamulhaq as Shibli |
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Avijit Dutt as Chief of C&A |
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Leysan Karimova as Zena |
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Neeraj Pardeep Purohit as Major Pratap Singh |
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Abhinav Bhattacharjee as Risaldar Chakraborty |
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Waris Ahmed Zaidi as LD Shibe Lal |
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Anuj Singh Duhan as Lt. Col. Tejinder Singh Sidhu (Speedy) |
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Amit Ghosh as Nobi |
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Sandesh Bhandari as Risaldar RP Singh |
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Bishal Rungta as LD Harishchandra |
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Surya Mittal as Manjot |
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Suryansh Patel as ALD Ramphal Vats |
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Sukrit Sharma as Officer Digby |
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Vivek Madaan as Sinha |
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Raja Chakravorty as Hamidul |
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Flora Jacob as PM Indira Gandhi |
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Harssh A. Singh as Major Abbas |
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Kamal Sadanah as Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mandira Shukla | Costume Designer |
| Production | Tess Joseph | Casting Director |
| Camera | Priya Seth | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Hemanti Sarkar | Editor |
| Sound | Debasish Mishra | Sound Designer |
| Writing | Shailender Sodhi | Lyricist |
| Writing | Ravinder Randhawa | Writer |
| Writing | Tanmay Mohan | Writer |
| Writing | Raja Menon | Writer |
| Production | Malvika Khatri | Co-Producer |
| Art | Mustafa Stationwala | Production Design |
| Crew | Georg Armin Sauer | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Martin Kurt Lederer | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Vikram Dahiya | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Vijay Ganguly | Choreographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Serina Tixeira | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Serina Tixeira | Prosthetic Designer |
| Camera | Ninad Nayampally | Key Grip |
| Production | Aditya Krishna | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sanjay Dawra | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Hiral Viradia | Music Supervisor |
| Art | Ravi Srivastava | Production Design |
| Production | Bharati Kandhari | Associate Producer |
| Production | Akshay Panse | Supervising Producer |
| Writing | Pashan Jal | Creative Producer |
| Writing | Sonia Kanwar | Creative Producer |
| Writing | Maharsh Shah | Creative Producer |
| Writing | Sanaya Irani Zohrabi | Creative Producer |
| Production | Kapil Madnani | Post Producer |
| Production | Karwarkar Bhavika | Post Producer |
| Production | Lawrence D'Souza | Executive Producer |
| Writing | MC Heam | Lyricist |
| Sound | MC Heam | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Krystal Kiran | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Arijit Singh | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Pooja Tiwari | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Nisa Shetty | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Rakshita Suresh | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Jubin Nautiyal | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Shilpa Rao | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Dilasa Chowdhury | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Shalini Mukherjee | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Shrayee Paul | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Pijush Das | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Tirtha Bhattacharjee | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Rahul Dutta | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Vishal Mishra | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Suzanne D'Mello | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Sarthak Kalyani | Playback Singer |
| Directing | Raja Menon | Director |
| Writing | Balram Singh Mehta | Book |
| Production | Ronnie Screwvala | Producer |
| Production | Siddharth Roy Kapur | Producer |
| Sound | A.R. Rahman | Original Music Composer |