New Delhi: The third installment of celebrity Shah Rukh Khan-fronted motion thriller Don, to be directed by Farhan Akhtar, is at present within the scripting stage, says producer Ritesh Sidhwani. Sidhwani, actor-filmmaker Akhtar’s accomplice at manufacturing banner Excel Entertainment, stated he isn’t conscious in regards to the plot particulars of the much-anticipated film as of now. “Till my partner (Farhan Akhtar) finishes writing it, we won’t do anything. Right now, he is in the phase of completing the script… Even all of us are eagerly waiting to see ‘Don’,” Sidhwani advised PTI.
Akhtar and Sidhwani’s banner Excel Entertainment purchased the rights of the Amitabh Bachchan-starrer 1978 movie of the identical identify and remade it with Shah Rukh and Priyanka Chopra Jonas within the lead. The first Don launched in 2006 and the second installment got here out in 2011 with SRK and Priyanka reprising their characters. Both the movies have been directed by Akhtar.
Sidhwani, recognized for producing motion pictures equivalent to Dil Chahta Hai, Rock On!!, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and Raees, is at present selling the banner’s internet sequence Dahaad. Directed by Reema Kagti and Ruchika Oberoi, the present is ready in a small sleepy city of Rajasthan and revolves across the investigation of the grotesque homicide circumstances of a number of girls led by sub-inspector Anjali Bhaati (Sinha).
The eight-part Prime Video crime-drama had its world premiere on the Berlin International Film Festival underneath the Berlinale Series programme in February this yr. The response was “overwhelming”, stated Sidhwani, including that the competition gave them a possibility to current the tradition and problems with India to a variety of viewers.
“It brings the content from India to the forefront for a different audience, who usually would not discover these stories.” Dahaad, additionally that includes Vijay Varma, Gulshan Devaiah, and Sohum Shah, is at present streaming on Prime Video. It is produced by Excel Media & Entertainment and Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti’s Tiger Baby.
