Starring Agastya Nanda, Jaideep Ahlawat, Dharmendra in his last performance, and Akshay Kumar's niece Simar Bhatia in her acting debut, Ikkis is based on the life of Second Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal, who was martyred at the age of 21 during the Battle of Basantar in the 1971 Indo-Pak war.