Historical moment: Mohit Raina

Looks like the entire entertainment industry is inspired to make content on the Battle of Saragarhi! While Akshay Kumar has announced Kesari, Ajay Devgn and Randeep Hooda are also set for films on the same concept. And now, we have a TV show too! In the upcoming show, 21 Sarfarosh: Saragarhi 1897, actor Mohit Raina will be playing the lead. The actor, who was seen playing roles in historical and mythological shows till date, will now be back on screens as soldier Havildar Ishar Singh. Mohit will be seen in his new avatar on Discovery JEET channel, which is scheduled to launch in early 2018. On Friday, the makers released the first look of Mohit as a soldier in the much-awaited show. 21 Sarfarosh: Saragarhi 1897 is a fiction show inspired by the real-life story of 21 brave soldiers of 36th Sikh regiment of the British Indian Army which defended an army outpost at Saragarhi in the North-West Frontier Province against an onslaught by over 10,000 Pashtun and Orakzai tribals in September 1897.