Sohail Khan to direct Aayush Sharma, Sanjay Dutt in rom-com
What's the story
Sohail Khan, the actor-director known for films like Maine Dil Tujhko Diya and Freaky Ali, is reportedly working on a new romantic comedy. The film will star Aayush Sharma and Sanjay Dutt in lead roles. According to Bollywood Hungama, Khan has been developing this project since last year but faced budgetary challenges that delayed its production. Now he is planning to revive the project with renewed focus by the end of this year.
Career comeback
Punjabi rom-com to mark Khan's return to direction
This untitled film will mark Khan's return to direction after a decade. His last directorial venture was Freaky Ali in 2016.
The new project will be a Punjabi rom-com, with Sharma and Dutt already on board.
The female lead is yet to be finalized, and formal pre-production will begin once a studio is secured for the film.
Project history
Why 'Sher Khan' never took off?
Khan was earlier working on a large-scale, VFX-heavy jungle adventure film titled Sher Khan, with his brother Salman Khan in the lead.
However, the project never took off due to the difficulty of its visual effects requirements.
His last directorial venture was Freaky Ali, which starred Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Arbaaz Khan, and Amy Jackson.
As an actor, Khan was last seen in last year's Telugu action thriller Arjun Son of Vyjayanthi.