The film is named after Captain Batra’s code name which is Shershaah. Sidharth Malhotra as Captain Vikram Batra personifies the free-spirited and courageous nature of the captain both in his personal and professional life. In real life, Captain Batra was just 25-years-old when he escorts a team at the Kargil war and Sidharth Malhotra looks the part. Kiara Adani is a woman head-over-heels in love with Captain Vikram Batra and has a strong identity and speaks her truth. The war scene ends with Captain Batra’s popular phrase- ‘Yeh Dil Maange More’.

Chintu Tyagi is an ordinary, middle class man who finds himself torn between his wife and another woman.