Ronnie Screwvala and Meghna Gulzar have found the leading man for the biopic on Sam Maneckshaw. Vicky Kaushal, India's latest obsession, has been roped in to play the legendary army man. It will be the 4th outing for Vicky and Ronnie together who have had a spate of successful collaborations in Uri, Love Per Square Foot and Lust Stories before this.

Sam Manekshaw, as he was popularly known, was born on April 3, 1914, in Amritsar. Born to a Parsi family, Manekshaw wanted to be a doctor much like his military-doctor father but fate had something else in store for him.