'Tere Naam' sequel in the offing, Satish Kaushik locks script

After a huge gap of 16 years, Satish Kaushik announces sequel to his 2003 hit film 'Tere Naam'. The filmmaker revealed that the sequel is a gangster love story set in North India.

New Delhi: Veteran actor-filmmaker Satish Kaushik says he will be making a sequel to the 2003 Salman Khan-starrer 'Tere Naam'. The upcoming film will revolve around a gangster and will be set in north India.

"We have just locked the script of 'Tere Naam' sequel and it's a love story revolving around a gangster. It will be set in North India," Kaushik told IANS.

Asked if the cast has been finalised, Kaushik said: "It will take us a while to think about the cast. I haven't yet approached anyone for it since the script just got locked a few days ago."

However, the speculations have started that Salman might reunite with the filmmaker with whom he shares a close bond. Buzz also has it that the 'Bajrangi Bhaaijan' actor has also come on board as a producer for Satish's upcoming directorial.

'Tere Naam' was directed by Kaushik, written by Bala and Jainendra Jain. It also starred Bhumika Chawla.

The film, which had several hit numbers including 'Lagan lagi', 'Kyun kisi ko', 'Odhni', 'Tumse milna', revolved around a rowdy named Radhe, who fell in love with Nirjara.

With inputs from IANS