Overview
- A special screening in Mumbai on December 29 drew Dharmendra’s family, including Sunny, Bobby and Abhay Deol, alongside Salman Khan, Rekha, Riteish Deshmukh, Genelia D’Souza, Agastya Nanda and Jaideep Ahlawat.
- Videos from the event show Bobby Deol wiping away tears in his car, Sunny Deol posing beside his father’s poster, Salman Khan visibly emotional before the poster, and Rekha kissing Agastya Nanda’s photo.
- Director Sriram Raghavan told ANI that Dharmendra was unwell during October dubbing sessions and managed to see only the first half of the film.
- Ikkis recounts the valor of Second Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal in the 1971 war, starring Agastya Nanda, with Dharmendra portraying Brigadier M. L. Khetarpal and supporting turns from Jaideep Ahlawat and debutante Simar Bhatia.
- The film opens in theaters on January 1, 2026 after a shift from December 25 that Amitabh Bachchan has attributed to astrological reasons.