Contemporary off his “Jaat” success, Bollywood star Randeep Hooda has nabbed movie rights to the army bestseller “Operation Khukri.”

Hooda has secured the official film rights to “Operation Khukri: The Untold Story of the Indian Military’s Bravest Peacekeeping Mission Overseas” by Main Common Rajpal Punia, and Damini Punia, setting the stage for his subsequent main undertaking — a army drama chronicling one of many Indian Military’s most audacious operations on international soil.

The movie “Operation Khukri” will convey to display screen the harrowing real-life occasions from 2000, when 233 Indian troopers had been held hostage by insurgent forces in Sierra Leone, West Africa, and the next high-risk rescue mission that adopted. Hooda will painting Main Common Raj Pal Punia (then a younger Firm Commander of the 14th Mechanised Infantry), who navigated each the tense standoff and the extraordinary rescue operation amid difficult jungle warfare situations.

The mission started as a peacekeeping effort however escalated right into a tense 75-day standoff that examined the resolve of the Indian contingent, who discovered themselves surrounded with out provides within the hostile terrains of Kailahun. What adopted was a daring counteroffensive that might grow to be acknowledged as some of the profitable operations in Indian army historical past.

The manufacturing homes Rahul Mittra Movies and Randeep Hooda Movies have solely acquired the difference rights to the Penguin Random Home bestseller, which presents a first-hand account of the mission from Main Common Punia himself, who orchestrated the operation.

“‘Operation Khukri’ is a narrative that moved me deeply. It’s not only a story of weapons and glory, however of sacrifice, brotherhood, and unyielding braveness within the face of insurmountable odds,” Hooda mentioned in regards to the upcoming undertaking. “To step into the footwear of Main Common Punia, a person who led his males out of a 75-day siege in an unknown land, is an honour and a accountability. Our goal is to convey to life a chapter of Indian army historical past that deserves way more recognition — not only for the spectacle, however for the spirit of our troopers who would moderately die than give up. I consider this story has the facility to encourage each Indian.”