Overview
- Coverage revisits Second Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal’s actions at Jarpal in the Shakargarh sector on December 16, 1971, and his posthumous Param Vir Chakra.
- Official records credit Khetarpal with 10 confirmed tank kills and with preventing a Pakistani armored breakthrough during the Battle of Basantar.
- A retired Pakistani officer, Brigadier Khwaja Muhammad Nasir, recounts a near-range duel with Khetarpal and has said during a veterans’ exchange that Khetarpal died at his hands.
- National Defence Academy batchmate Brigadier Deepak Bajaj recalls their final meeting and quotes Khetarpal’s parting words, underscoring his focus and resolve.
- Ikkis, directed by Sriram Raghavan and starring Agastya Nanda with Dharmendra and Jaideep Ahlawat, is slated for a December 25, 2025 release from Maddock Films.