24 minSeason 1 • Episode 10
LatestThe remaining officers successfully complete the course and pass out wearing the Maroon Beret. They are now part of the elite of the elite forces. Along with the rescue operation Capt. Shikha Sharma also finishes another very important operation. Will Capt. Shika Sharma create history?
Captain Shikha Sharma (Nimrat Kaur) is the only woman in a group of Indian Army officers training to join the Special Forces. She is also the first woman to be undertaking the course making her a "test case" for inducting women into combat oriented roles in the Indian Army. The story line revolves around her journey of overcoming challenges at home to biases by her colleagues despite being an intelligent and a highly motivated individual.
Acting
Nimrat Kaur's controlled fury — she says everything with her jaw.
Direction
Kukunoor strips heroism bare; no glory, just grinding endurance.
Writing
Dialogue that punches: 'I'm not special. I'm just not leaving.'
Saurabh Goyal
Captain Vishnu Soren
Tarun Gahlot
Captain 'Tank' Chauhan
Juhi Chawla Mehta
Shraddha Pandit
Nimrat Kaur
Captain Shikha Sharma
Akshay Oberoi
Captain Bilal Siddiqui
Manit Joura
Captain Avinash Walia
Atul Kulkarni
Colonel Ajinkya Sathe
Rahul Dev
Naib Subedar Kirpal Bhatti
Anup Soni
Lt. Col Imtiaz Hussain
Bhuvan Arora
Captain Rohan Rathore
Bijou Thaangjam
Tej Bahadhur Thapa
Sameer Kochhar
Shivalik Ahuja
Suhail Nayyar
Captain Manit Verma
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released three years before India finally allowed women in permanent combat roles, making Shikha's fictional struggle uncomfortably prescient reality.
Nimrat Kaur trained with actual Special Forces soldiers for three months; her blisters in episode 4 are real, not makeup.
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