Kartik Aaryan and Shimit Aminâs Captain India to Bring Yemen Rescue Story to Big Screen

Kartik Aaryan's much awaited upcoming project, Captain India, is in production. Under the direction of the filmmaker Shimit Aminz the movie will be set against the backdrop of the Houthi conflict in Yemen.

The events in the movie Captain India are inspired by a real-life humanitarian evacuation mission. We will see Kartik Aaryan take on the avatar of a pilot tasked with an important mission of conducting a rescue operation amidst a war-torn situation the country of India is in.

The exact nature of the Houthi connection in the film still remains a mystery but is said to be the pivotal point to its narrative as it explores the extraordinary challenges of executing a humanitarian mission in the middle of escalating tensions.

As per sources, “Captain India is inspired from India’s one of the toughest rescue missions in the war-torn country Yemen in 2015’s, where the nation rescued not only our own citizens but people from across the globe. Kartik will be seen leading world’s one of the most impossible rescue missions in the actioner.” 

Captain India is being produced by T-Series and Baweja Studios in association with Kartik Aaryan’s Dopamine Studios. The movie is currently being shot in UK and for now is set for a theatrical release on August 13, 2027.

Kartik Aaryan recently starred in Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri (2025) by Sameer Sanjay Vidwans and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 (2024) by Anees Bazmee. He also has another project lined up for release, Naagzilla, an ambitious project under the banner of Dharma Productions.

Kartik Aaryan just recently received a National Award for his performance in the movie Chandu. Keep following to learn further updates on this movie.

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