Amid his flop streak, Akshay Kumar has ignited a spark of excitement among his fans by announcing some of his most awaited films including , Bhooth Bangla, Hera Pheri 3, but he recently added one more patriotic flicks to his pipeline which will be directed by a National Award-winning director.
Akshay Kumar will be pairing up with director Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan for a patriotic film titled Tirangaa and it will not be the remake of the 1993 cult film Tirangaa starring Raaj Kumar and Nana Patekar.
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Narendra Hirawat, who will be producing this film, told Bollywood Hungama, “In the last few days, there have been a few media reports stating that we are producing a remake of the film Tirangaa with Shri Akshay Kumar in the lead. We would like to hereby affirm that this news is completely baseless and untrue. Yes, we are indeed producing a film with Shri Akshay Kumar in the lead but we would like to categorically state that it is NOT a remake of any film. It is a completely new and original script. An official announcement regarding the same will be made soon.”
About the development of the project, a source further added, “The producers of the film – Ashvin Varde, Subhash Kale and Narendra Hirawat – along with Akshay Kumar realized that Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan will be an apt choice to handle a film like this and give it the required commercial treatment. This is how the acclaimed director came on board and Tirangaa is expected to go on floors by December 2024.”
Akshay Kumar and Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan were supposed to collaborate on another film titled Gorkha and the poster for the movie was also out, but it was later shelved due to some technical issues.
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Producer Anand L Rai, who was going to produce Gorkha, stated, “Yes, it is true. We are not making this film for now. There are technical issues. There are factual clarifications that need to be made.”
Akshay Kumar’s upcoming film
After the underwhelming response to his previous release Khel Khel Mein on box office, Akshay will next be seen in Singham 3 opposite Ajay Devgn, Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Kareena Kapoor, Tiger Shroff and more.