Siddharth may have won praise for his portrayal of Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja in Netflix’s Operation Safed Sagar , but the review closest to his heart came from Ajay’s wife, Alka Ahuja. After watching the series, Alka reached out to the actor and has since been in touch with him regularly, sharing her thoughts on his performance as well as messages from Ajay’s family.
When Operation Safed Sagar premiered on Netflix on August 7, Siddharth was waiting to hear what Alka Ahuja made of his portrayal of her late husband. One of the highlights of the series is its impressive aerial action, with the much-famed MiG-21 playing a key role. Interestingly, the series also captured the MiG-21 in action for the last time on film before it was retired from the Indian Air Force. Directed by Kushal Srivastava, the documentary looked back at the MiG-21’s remarkable 62-year journey with the Indian Air Force.
But whenever he’d be at work, he’d become very focused, just like you,'” the actor revealed. She had held back at the trailer launch, saying she wanted to watch the series before sharing her thoughts. After finally watching it, she reached out to Siddharth — and the two have been speaking every day since. For Siddharth, Alka’s most touching feedback has been about how much he reminds her of Ajay. She saw glimpses of her husband in Siddharth, both in his performance and in the way he is as a person. He was very jovial, fun-loving and badmash. Directed by Oni Sen and created by Kushal Srivastava and Abhijeet Singh Parmar, Operation Safed Sagar stars Siddharth , Jimmy Shergill, Abhay Verma , Dia Mirza, Prajakta Koli, Mihir Ahuja, Taaruk Raina, Arnav Bhasin and Amrita Bagchi, among others. The aircraft was flown by the Golden Arrows squadron during the Kargil War. Netflix took the story of the iconic fighter jet forward with The Last Salute .
“She says, ‘Siddharth, Ajay bilkul tumhari tarah tha.
“I’m very happy to tell you I’ve got my best review from Alka ma’am. I also speak to her every day, so I get a new review every morning. She notices different things at different times, and points them out to me. The common consensus is that rest assured, I’ve achieved my biggest responsibility, to pay him the right tribute.”
She’s very kind,” Siddharth told Screen in an interview, adding “She also sends me screenshots of messages from Ajay’s family.
