India, Aug. 14 -- Jimmy Shergill starred as an Indian Air Force pilot in the recently released show Operation Safed Sagar, and he is happy that it is getting love and appreciation from the audience. What has gotten praise particularly in the show is the heroism shown in the armed forces in a non jingoistic and chest-thumping manner. Jimmy Shergill says it was all because of how they saw the real-life officers that they met for their preparation.

"When you meet these heroes in reality, who have sacrificed so much for the country, you see how humble and simple these people are in the way they talk and behave with you. The makers wanted to have the show as real as possible and that brief was passed on to us too. We had to keep our portrayal...