Vicky honoured to play Shaheed Udham Singh

AFTER his gripping performance as a courageous soldier in Uri: The Surgical Strike, actor Vicky Kaushal was cast to tell the heroic tale of Shaheed Udham Singh in a biopic. He said it was an honour.

“An absolute honour to be roped in to play Shaheed Udham Singh in his biopic to be directed by Shoojit Sircar. Can’t wait for this journey to start next month,” Vicky tweeted.

Irrfan Khan was originally to play Udham Singh.

Vicky, a versatile actor, and Sircar, a master storyteller, are joining forces for the first time for the project, to be produced by Ronnie Lahiri under the Rising Sun Films banner.

The actor will bring alive the story of Udham Singh, who assassinated Michael O’ Dwyer, the former lieutenant governor of Punjab in pre-independent India, out of revenge for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar in 1919.

Singh was subsequently tried and convicted of murder, and hanged in July 1940.

Sircar said: “I have been waiting to tell the heroic tale of Shaheed Udham Singh for a very long time.

“It is a story very close to my heart. To pull it off, I needed an actor who could give his heart and soul to the film, be with me, and tell the story together.

“Vicky fits the bill perfectly. I have seen his work and the dedication he brings to it. I’m very happy he is on this project.” supposed