Madhur Bhandarkar announces his next India Lockdown

Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar has announced his next directorial venture India Lockdown. The film is based on true events and will go on the floors in January 2021.

Hyderabad: Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar on Wednesday announced his next film India Lockdown which is inspired by true events from the COVID-induced lockdown in the country.

Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared the update on social media about Bhandarkar's new directorial venture. "MADHUR BHANDARKAR ANNOUNCES NEXT FILM... IT'S OFFICIAL... #MadhurBhandarkar announces his next directorial venture... Titled #IndiaLockdown... Inspired by true events," he tweeted.

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  MADHUR BHANDARKAR ANNOUNCES NEXT FILM... IT'S OFFICIAL... #MadhurBhandarkar announces his next directorial venture... Titled #IndiaLockdown... Inspired by true events... Casting underway... Produced by Bhandarkar Entertainment and PJ Motion Pictures... Starts Jan 2021. pic.twitter.com/dFT2L1aAuP

  — taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) December 23, 2020

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The film critic also shared that the film will be produced by PJ Motion Pictures and Bhandarkar Entertainment. The casting for the movie is underway and it is scheduled to go on the floors in January 2021.

Bhandarkar's last outing was Indu Sarkar in 2017. The filmmaker had was also making Inspector Ghalib -- a movie based on sand mafias, however, nothing much is known about the film which will be his first action drama.