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Janhvi Kapoor Begins Shooting For Combat Pilot Gunjan Saxena’s Biopic!

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Janhvi Kapoor created an enormous buzz even before entering Bollywood and has everyone go awestruck  with her elegant beauty and acting. With her recent picture in a combat pilot uniform flooding the internet, fans are gushing over it and can’t keep their excitement at bay.

Janhvi who made her debut with Karan Johar’s  box-office hit ‘Dhadak’ opposite Ishan Khattar this year, is prepping for another project under the banner of Dharma Productions which is going to be a biopic on ‘Gunjan Saxena’, India’s first female combat pilot. She was also the first Indian woman to be awarded  the highly prestigious Shaurya Veer Award for her bravery in 1999 Kargil war between India-Pakistan.

The biopic will narrate the story of bravery of an Indian soldier, through the first woman combat aviator posted in the war zone of Kargil in 1999. She rescued the injured soldiers of Indian Army flying through North Kashmir during the war in an unarmed and defenseless helicopter.

Janhvi Kapoor in and as Gunjan Saxena

The further details of the biopic are still kept under wraps, but the pictures of Janhvi in pilot uniform is giving a glimpse of her look in the movie, shooting of which has already begun.

The ‘Dhadak’ actress is also going to star in the multi-starrer period drama ‘Takht’ sharing screen with stalwarts like Kareena Kapoor Khan, Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Bhumi Pednekar and Vicky Kaushal. The magnum opus  project is also going to be made under Dharma Productions, that would  be her third movie in a row in association with Karan Johar.

 

 

 

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