Aamir Khan just celebrated 25 years of his Oscar-nominated film The riverand now he is teaming up again with the film’s director, Ashutosh Gowariker, again.
This time for a full-fledged sports drama, titled ‘Lalkaara‘.
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Quoting a source, a Bollywood Hungama report says, “Lalkaara is not a biopic but based on the iconic 1952 test series between India and Pakistan. The script, written by Piyush Gupta and Neeraj Singh, is said to be an intense sports drama which explores the theme of rivalry, friendship, partition and nationalism.”
The source added, “Lalkaara will be produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s Excel Entertainment. Interestingly, Rajkumar Hirani has also come on board but only as a producer.”
Aamir shares a strong association with both Farhan Akhtar and Rajkumar Hirani. His very next film after The river was Dil Chahta Hai (2001), directed by Farhan Akhtar, which went on to attain cult status.
With Rajkumar Hirani, Aamir delivered two historic blockbusters – 3 Idiots (2009) and PK (2014).”
The film will be backed by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s Excel Entertainment, and Rajkumar Hirani has also joined in, but only as a producer this time, not director.
As per a report Lalkaara was supposed to happen back in 2019 too, with Fox Star Studios producing it and Rajkumar Hirani offering to direct.
At that time, even Shah Rukh Khan was briefly considered for the lead.
Right now, the 6-year-old star is also linked to Rajkumar Hirani’s next film, a sequel to 3 Idiotsbut that script is still being written.
That is reportedly why the Dangal star picked Lalkaara to start with first, since Piyush Gupta and Neeraj Singh’s script for the film has been ready for some time now.
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