‘Uri’ Star Vicky Kaushal To Play Shaheed Udham Singh In His Biopic

After mesmerizing the audience with his brilliant performance in recently released "Uri: The Surgical Strike", actor Vicky Kaushal is now all set to play Shaheed Udham Singh in his biopic. The ‘Uri…’ actors said that it’s an honour for him to portray Shaheed Udham Singh on screen.

"An absolute honour to be roped in to play Shaheed Udham Singh in his biopic to be directed by Shoojit Sircar sir. Can't wait for this journey to start next month," Vicky tweeted on Monday.

An absolute honour to be roped in to play Shaheed Udham Singh, in his biopic to be directed by @shoojitsircar sir... Can’t wait for this journey to start next month. Produced by Ronnie Lahiri. ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ? pic.twitter.com/ub1aUy9HwS

— Vicky Kaushal (@vickykaushal09) March 4, 2019

Actor Irrfan Khan was originally supposed to play Udham Singh.

The actor will bring alive the story of Udham Singh, who assassinated Michael O' Dwyer, the former lieutenant governor of Punjab in pre-Independence India, in revenge for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar in 1919.