Hyderabad: The announcement about Kartik Aaryan starring in an action film first time in his career was made last February. The audience was eager to see his action avatar in a film helmed by Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior director Om Raut. The film was almost shelved but the director has said that he is still very excited to make the actioner with Kartik.
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The untitled film was billed as an action thriller in 3D backed by Bhushan Kumar's T-Series. The makers had plans to shoot the film in India and various locations abroad. Back then, Bhushan had said, "It's been a long successful association with Kartik right from SKTKS, PPAW and now Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2. With the script Om has written, Kartik fits the role to a T. It's Om's vision and passion for cinema which I saw with Tanhaji which made me want to back his next as well. This will be T-Series' first with this kind of a movie which will be a fast-paced action film on a heist."
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Talking about the project with a leading daily, now Om has said that the film with Kartik was set up in a place where they could no longer travel due to COVID-19. He also admitted that it’s a difficult film to make but he is still very excited about it.
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Reacting to the reports of film being shelved, he further said, "Whenever I get a chance, I will get on with it. The film has not been shelved, only deferred for now. The lockdown was a downer for everyone, but it somehow worked for me. I got ample time with my family and I clocked in over 14 hours of work every day. I had a chance to revisit my old scripts and story dockets. Adipurush is one of the stories that I had worked on a while back. I pulled it out, and during the lockdown, I completed the script and the screenplay."
Meanwhile, Kartik will next be seen in upcoming thriller Dhamaka that casts him as a journalist who covers the live broadcast of a terror attack in Mumbai. The film is directed by Ram Madhvani, who earlier called the shots on the film Neerja as well as the web series Aarya.
