“He was 21, will remain as that.”
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Second Lieutenant and India's youngest Param Vir Chakra recipient, Arun Khetarpal, gave his life fighting for his battalion and the country during the 1971 Battle of Basantar. Ikkis also takes a reflective look at the futility of war through the eyes of Khetarpal's father, who visits his ancestral home in Sargodha and Alma Mater for reunion, which now happens to be in post-partition Pakistan, 30 years later.
Brig. Madan Lal Khetarpal
Brig. Jaan Mohammad Khan
2nd Lt Arun Khetarpal
Kiran Kochar
SWR Parag Singh
Mrs. Maheshwari Khetarpal
Lt Col Hanut Singh
RIS Sagat Singh
Maryam Nisar
Capt. Vijender Malhotra
Saba
Pakistani General
Sriram Raghavan
Sriram Raghavan, Pooja Ladha Surti, Arijit Biswas, Amitabh Bhattacharya
Anil Mehta
White Noise Collectives, Sachin Sanghvi
Dinesh Vijan
Oct 13, 2026
