Ranneeti Balakot & Beyond trailer: Lara Dutta and Jimmy Shergill take us behind the scenes of Balakot airstrike

Ranneeti Balakot & Beyond trailer: Lara Dutta and Jimmy Shergill take us behind the scenes of Balakot airstrike

Recently, a lot of films have touched upon the Balakot airstrike, be it Hrithik Roshan-Deepika Padukone’s Fighter or Varun Tej-Manushi Chhillar’s Operation Valentine. Now a web series revolving around the Balakot airstrike is set to stream on JioCinema. Titled Ranneeti: Balakot & Beyond, the shows stars Lara Dutta, Jimmy Shergill, Ashutosh Rana, and Ashish Vidyarthi in important roles. Though the series revolves around the Balakot airstrike, it also shows what went behind the scenes during the watershed event.

According to the makers, Ranneeti: Balakot & Beyond “decodes the modern warfare that isn’t simply fought on physical borders but transcends to the domain of social media, digital tactics and covert political moves that have the power to reshape geo-politics.” And the trailer sets up the premise nicely. The high-octane fictional drama has been shot at a grand scale. While Lara Dutta plays a power broker in the show, Ashish Vidyarthi will be seen as the NSA Chief.

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Watch the trailer here:

Talking about the series, Lara Dutta said in a statement, “The urgency, the split-second decision-making, and the pressure in a war room is unlike any other. As actors, being able to translate those emotions honestly and authentically is a tough task. Being from an Air Force background, working on the show felt close to home.” Jimmy Shergill also spoke about his character and said, “This is unlike any role that I have done in the past. It has been challenging, to say the least, but also immensely satisfying to be part of India’s first war-room-focused web series inspired by real-life events that shook the nation. We always read or hear about what happens on-ground during a war-like situation but being a part of Ranneeti allowed me to witness first-hand the strategy, the risk-taking, as well as the emotional trajectory of those who call the shots from inside the war-room. I remember an especially difficult schedule when the entire unit worked for 48 hours with no breaks but not a single cast member complained. We were on no-sleep but the adrenaline rush kept us going and how. It felt like we were right there in the middle of all the action.”

Ashutosh Rana added, “After every challenging show or film, I always feel like I’ve grown as an actor. Doing Ranneeti has been a crash course in India’s politics and defense philosophy! Chanakya Niti isn’t simply a word but the mantra inside those walls of a war room, when everything is at stake! For a die-hard patriot like me, playing the enemy was not easy. However, it is roles like these that challenge us as actors.”

Ranneeti: Balakot & Beyond will stream on JioCinema from April 25.

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