Sidharth Malhotra to essay double role in Hindi remake of Tamil film Thadam

Sidharth Malhotra announced his upcoming venture in which he will be seen essaying a double role.

New Delhi: Marjaavaan actor Sidharth Malhotra on Wednesday announced his next project which will be an action flick produced by Bhushan Kumar and Murad Khetani.

The actor took to Instagram to make an announcement about the untitled film in which he will be seen essaying a double role. The film is a remake of Tamil blockbuster film Thadam which released in 2019.

The actor posted a picture of himself posing with the producers of the film.

"Double trouble! Excited to be a part of this ultimate entertaining thriller, in association with @bhushankumar, @muradkhetani and @v__________k. See you at the movies on 20th November 2020," wrote Malhotra along with the picture.

Later, co-producer Kumar also took to Twitter to announce that the action sequence is based on true events and will go on the floors in May this year.

"Elated to announce my next collaboration with @MuradKhetani starring @SidMalhotra. The film which is an action thriller inspired by true events is all set to go on floors this May and release on 20th November 2020," tweeted Kumar.

The film will be helmed by Vardhan Ketkar and will hit the theatres on 20 November 2020.

Prior to that Hind remake of Thadam, Sidharth will be seen in Shershaah which chronicles the story of Kargil war hero Param Vir Chakra Captain Vikram Batra, who sacrificed his life for the country in 1999. Shershaah marks Tamil filmmaker Vishu Varadhan's directorial debut in Bollywood. The film is being backed by Karan Johar's Dharma Productions and is slated to hit theatres on July 3.

Have a look at the trailer of Thadam here:

With inputs from IANS