Sharman Joshi and Ranjha Vikram Singh to star in Aaryaan Saxena's 'Fauji Calling'

Director Aaryaan Saxena, who has earlier directed a short film based on smoking starring Jameel Khan and Kishwer Merchant got officially selected in Cannes Film Festival 2018 and is now gearing up for his feature debut film 'Fauji Calling'.
Talking about the film, writer-director Aaryaan Saxena says, “Till now in our films, people have seen war but my film 'Fauji Calling' will showcase a family who lost a soldier.What kind of challenges they face, what all battles they fight is what my film is all about. It will show how the family moves on in life despite being emotional and broken.”
Aaryaan, who has earlier been a screenwriter of films like 'Mickey Virus', 'Desi Kattey' feels that he was unable to express his vision fully as a writer. He reveals, "I feel, writers won’t get enough respect in the industry except for one or two. The writer of the film is the most important part just like a mother in life. Later, I decided to direct my own script and this is how Fauji Calling came into the picture."
On working with Sharman Joshi, he shares, “When I narrated him the script for around 4 hours, he got really excited. He has never played something like this ever before. It is a rare and pivotal character in the film. Sharman is a very intelligent and passionate actor.”
Elated Sharman Joshi says, "'Fauji Calling' is a film, I am really excited about. Its a celebration or the acknowledgement of what the soldier contributes to our country and in effect, what he would expect from the society towards him and his family. This is a script that I am really looking forward to working on and I am glad that we are now very close to starting working on it.”

Actor Ranjha Vikram Singh says, ”I chose to do Fauji Calling because during my school days, whenever anyone used to ask that what I want to become in life, I used to say I want to join Indian Army and be a soldier. I grew up watching Sylvester Stallon movies. When Aaryaan narrated me his fantastic script, I felt emotional. According to me, the Indian Army has the best foot soldiers in the world. They are strong and very daring. God is kind that I got this kind of role in my career.”
Besides Sharman Joshi and Ranjha Vikram Singh, Fauji Calling also had Bidita Bag, Mugdha Godse and Zarina Wahab as central characters.