Mihir Ahuja, who played an aspiring footballer in Shabad: Reet Aur Riwaaz, stars as IAF officer Bal Reddy in Netflix’s Operation Safed Sagar, meeting real Kargil War veterans and flying real MiGs, calling the experience “unbelievable” and “euphoric.”

With Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, and Manoj Bajpayee as the core cast, the project also has Jimmy Sheirgill, Kajal Aggarwal, Rajesh Sharma, Divya Dutta, and Kishor Kadam in supporting roles, along with others.