Maj Mukund Varadarajan was killed in action on April 25, 2014, after neutralising three terrorists in Shopian district. He was posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra, the nation's highest peace-time gallantry award, for his courage and leadership. Army veteran and late Major Mukund Varadarajan 's commanding officer Amit Dabas loved Amaran and shared a detailed review of the biographical film on his official LinkedIn account. Director Rajkumar Periyasamy called it the 'best review he can ever receive' and said that he'd wear it as a medal. For the unversed, Amaran, starring Sivakarthikeyan and Sai Pallavi, is a biopic on the life of Major Mukund Varadarajan who died in the line of duty during a mission in Kashmir's Shopian area in 2014. Mukund Varadarajan was born on 12 April 1983 in a Tamil Iyengar family to R Varadarajan and Geetha Varadarajan in Kozhikode district, Kerala, India. [1][2] His family hailed from Paruthipattu in Avadi near Chennai. [1][3] He was the youngest of the three siblings. [4] His father worked in a public sector bank in Kerala, and the family shifted to Tambaram in Chennai during Mukund's childhood. [1][2][3] Mukund received his Bachelor of Commerce from Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa ... Major Mukund Varadarajan was an Indian Army officer who received the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime gallantry award, for his actions in Kashmir. He was killed by militants in 2014 while leading a counter-insurgency operation in Shopian district.
