"A Movie Maniac": Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan's Parents On Biopic
NDTV
Sandeep Unnikrishnan was an officer in the elite 51 Special Action Group of the National Security Guards in the Indian Army. He was martyred in action during the 26/11, 2008 Mumbai attacks. The young officer was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra.
Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan's parents, K Unnikrishnan, a retired ISRO officer and his mother Dhanalaxmi Unnikrishnan, on Friday said that they were approached by many filmmakers for a biopic on their son's life but were initially reluctant.
They finally agreed on "Major", led by South star Adivi Sesh. The Unnikrishnans said though it is not possible to capture their son's life fully, they just want the film to do maximum justice to his story.
Sandeep Unnikrishnan was an officer in the elite 51 Special Action Group of the National Security Guards in the Indian Army. He was martyred in action during the 26/11, 2008 Mumbai attacks. The young officer was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime gallantry award, on 26 January 2009.
Speaking to reporters at a press conference on the 13th anniversary of the terror attacks, K Unnikrishnan said when Mr Sesh and his team came to them, the family didn't commit anything initially.
