Proving his mettle as an actor isn't the only objective with his next; Sidharth Malhotra understands that playing Kargil war hero Captain Vikram Batra attaches itself with an element of responsibility. In a bid to not disappoint, the actor has gone to great lengths to do justice to his act as the Param Vir Chakra recipient.

As shooting for Shershaah - as Batra was reportedly referred to in intercepted messages of the Pakistan Army - kicks off in Chandigarh today, a source from the unit tells mid-day, "Today, scenes involving Captain Batra's early days, prior to his appointment in the Army, will be shot. Some scenes will be filmed at the DAV College in Chandigarh, where he studied medical sciences. It was in college that he joined the National Cadet Corps Air Wing during his first year."