Earlier this month, Mihir Ahuja performed an aspiring footballer battling for his goals in Shabad: Reet Aur Riwaaz. Weeks from now, the actor will struggle battles within the sky as he stars as an Indian Air Drive (IAF) officer in Netflix’s Operation Safed Sagar. For the upcoming sequence that depicts India’s aerial marketing campaign in the course of the 1999 Kargil Battle, Ahuja has stepped into the footwear of retired IAF officer Bal Reddy. “Individuals name him Baldy. I spoke to him over a name, and it was an [unbelievable] second,” an enthusiastic Ahuja informed mid-day.
If his first dialog with Reddy felt surreal, assembly the IAF veteran on the sequence’ launch in Mumbai left him in awe of the real-life hero. He recalled, “We had been with all of the real-life [officers] on the stage. It’s superb to be of their presence and hearken to their tales. They lived that life, went to a conflict, and their relations didn’t even know whether or not they would come again!”
There’s one more reason why Operation Safed Sagar stands out for the actor, who featured in The Archies (2023). The sequence gave him the possibility to movie with actual fighter planes. “I can’t even clarify that euphoric second, after I was in entrance of the actual MiGs and sitting in them. I get chills speaking about it.”
‘Operation Safed Sagar’ additionally stars
Jimmy Shergill, Siddharth, Dia Mirza and Abhay Verma