Netflix’s Operation Safed Sagar has been one of the best-received Indian shows in recent years. The war drama focuses on the Indian Air Force’s eponymous operation during the Kargil War, which turned the tide of the conflict in India’s favour. Siddharth , who played Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja in the six-episode military drama, opened up about his experience in a new interaction with news agency PTI.
Directed by Kushal Srivastava, the upcoming documentary will look back at the MiG-21’s remarkable 62-year journey with the Indian Air Force. Singh along with pilots who have flown the MiG-21 over the years. The Last Salute premiered on Netflix on August 26.
Because the teacher is usually expected to know everything. I can tell you the difference between projects that are zeitgeist like this… It’s just that your phone rings very differently. Your messages are received very differently. “It equalises so quickly. It’s like a teacher telling their student, I haven’t written my exam yet. He has done everything. I find that to be one of the most gentle qualities of the show,” he added. “I’d like to believe that if Ahuja sir were not a soldier, he might have been an artist like myself. Netflix is also taking the story of the iconic fighter jet forward with The Last Salute. The documentary features Air Chief Marshal A.P.
The actor said he knew the show would have an impact. “Operation Safed Sagar” is a zeitgeist project… The width and distance from where those messages come from and the times of day they come from all hits very differently,” he said. Siddharth said he has seen senior and junior officers of the Indian Air Force interact so naturally that an outsider could easily be left wondering who outranks whom. Asked if he knew what Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja’s first option was before he joined the IAF, the actor said he learned from the officer’s wife, Alka, that he was an engineering nerd who enjoyed gadgets, photography, and acquiring technical knowledge. He might have been doing something to do with imaging and photography,” Siddharth said.
