Indian Army's First Experimental Batch of 25 Women to be Featured in Upcoming Film Ragda 25

Tushar Hiranandani and his producer-wife Nidhi Parmar Hiranandani are on cloud nine. Their film Srikanth (2024) recently won the Best Hindi Feature Film award at the 72nd National Film Awards.

And now, the duo is already working on their next venture, which, like their previous films – Saand Ki Aankh (2019), Srikanth and Ata Thambaycha Naay (2025) – is also based on an inspiring real-life story.

noting that my next film is about the first female batch of the Indian Army. Tushar Hiranandani exclusively told SeenTick. Our film is called Ragda 25.

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It is about 25 inexperienced girls who had a dream of joining the Army. It was an experimental batch. If these 25 women had failed, the Army would have closed its doors to women forever.

So, it was imperative that they passed. In fact, even if one girl had failed, women might not have been allowed into the Army.There was no benchmark because until then, only men had been trained. So, the Army authorities were also setting standards for female Army officers while training these girls.

They realized that the girls did some things better than the boys, and vice versa. Hence, the rules were being finalized as they went along,Nidhi Parmar Hiranandani explained.

We have taken the life rights from one of the students, Anjana Bhaduria, who came first in the batch. As per the rules, we submitted the script to the Army and they have approved it. The casting is almost complete.

We are just waiting to lock one major role. The film will be shot entirely at one location in Chennai, Tushar Hiranandani revealed.

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According to Tushar Hiranandani, the film's script was submitted to the Army and has been approved. The casting is almost complete, with the exception of one major role.

Nidhi Parmar, Hiranandani stated. that the film is a passion project for her. She also mentioned that the duo has two biopics in the pipeline and are developing a few other scripts as well.

noting that i definitely want to go commercial. However, at the same time, I also want to keep our DNA intact Nidhi Parmar Hiranandani signed off by saying.