Vicky Kaushal Pays Tribute To India’s First Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw On His 111th Birth Anniversary

On the event of India’s first Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw’s 111th delivery anniversary, Vicky Kaushal took to social media to pay a heartfelt tribute to the legendary army chief.

The actor, who portrayed Field Marshal Manekshaw within the biographical movie Sam Bahadur, shared a poignant message honouring his exceptional legacy and contributions to India’s historical past. On Thursday, the Uri actor took to his Instagram tales and shared a black and white picture of Sam Manekshaw.

He captioned the submit, “Completely satisfied Birthday, Legend.”

Instagram/Vicky Kaushal

Vicky additionally added Shankar Mahadevan and Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy’s tune Banda from his movie Sam Bahadur to the submit.

Directed by Meghna Gulzar, who co-wrote the movie with Bhavani Iyer and Shantanu Srivastava, the film additionally starred Vicky Kaushal within the title function, alongside Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Neeraj Kabi, Edward Sonnenblick, and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub. The biographical battle drama was primarily based on the lifetime of India’s first area marshal, Sam Manekshaw.

Produced by Ronnie Screwvala, below the banner of RSVP Motion pictures, the movie was launched on December 1, 2023.

For the unversed, in 1934, Sam Manekshaw, a cadet, grew to become a part of the inaugural batch of gentleman cadets on the Indian Navy Academy in Dehradun. Amongst his friends was his junior and future rival, Tikka Khan.

Upon graduating that yr, Manekshaw was commissioned as a second lieutenant and assigned to the twelfth Frontier Pressure Regiment in Ferozpur.

Sam Manekshaw devoted 4 many years to serving within the Indian Military, notably main the nation throughout the 1971 Indo-Pakistani Warfare. Born in Amritsar to a physician father, he hailed from a household with robust army ties, along with his brother Jemi attaining the rank of Air Vice Marshal within the Indian Air Pressure. Over the course of his extraordinary profession, Manekshaw fought in 5 wars, beginning with World Warfare II and later within the 1948, 1965, and 1971 conflicts with Pakistan, in addition to the 1962 Indo-China Warfare.

In the meantime, Vicky Kaushal was lately seen within the movie Chhaava, the place he performed the function of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj.

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