Ikkis (2026)

" h e  w a s  2 1 ,  w i l l  r e m a i n  a s  t h a t . "

Director Sriram Raghavan dismantles conventional war cinema to deliver a devastating examination of honor and the futility of violence. The narrative injects the heroic fall of Arun Khetarpal , the youngest recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, at the 1971 Battle of Basantar, but audits its impact 30 years later through the eyes of his father on a journey to post-partition Pakistan; it is a prestige-laden film that forces the viewer to process how military glory coexists with the emptiness of loss, transforming the story of a 21-year-old soldier into an emotional autopsy on the borders that separate homes and hearts alike.