The 2021 biographical war film Shershaah was based on the life of Captain Vikram Batra and featured a scene where Sidharth Malhotra, playing the role of Batra, cut his finger and used the blood as sindoor, informally marrying his girlfriend Dimple Cheema, played by Kiara Advani in the movie.
The film’s writer Sandeep Shrivastava confirmed that while the scene appeared to be “filmy”, it was based on reality. Shrivastava had spoken to Cheema and she confirmed that Batra had indeed cut his finder and used his blood as sindoor.
In an interview, Shrivastava said that while researching, he spoke to Cheema and she informed him that while the couple knew each other for four years but they only spent around 40 days together.
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