Filmmaker Karan Johar on Thursday announced his new project 'Shershaah'.

Karan took to social media to make the announcement. While sharing the news Karan wrote, "Beginning the journey of #Shershaah soon! @SidMalhotra @Advani_Kiara @vishnu_dir #HirooJohar @apoorvamehta18 @b_shabbir #AjayShah #HimanshuGandhi @dharmamovies".

Beginning the journey of #Shershaah soon!@SidMalhotra @Advani_Kiara @vishnu_dir #HirooJohar @apoorvamehta18 @b_shabbir #AjayShah #HimanshuGandhi @dharmamovies pic.twitter.com/QBoxMeBDcv

— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) May 2, 2019

'Shershah' is based on the true story of the Kargil war hero Vikram Batra. Captain Batra died during the 1999's Kargil War.

The film would star Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani.

'Shershah' will be helmed by Vishnu Varadhan, and will be produced by Karan Johar, Hiroo Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Shabbir Boxwala, Ajay Shah and Himanshu Gandhi.