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EXCLUSIVE: Ajay Devgn's Chanakya script locked, goes on floors by year end. Neeraj Pandey confirms
Ajay Devgn will play the titular role of Chanakya in this Neeraj Pandey directorial. Filming begins by December. More details
The collaboration of Ajay Devgn with Neeraj Pandey is being awaited by cinema lovers across the country, as the director is known to bring the best out of his actors, and with someone of Ajay’s calibre on board, one can expect nothing but magic on screen. In 2018, the two announced their maiden collaboration, Chankaya, an epic period drama, with Ajay in the titular role. It was all set to go on the floors in 2020, however, the coronavirus pandemic played a spoilt sport.
However, Neeraj Pandey confirms that he has locked the final draft of the period drama, and he will move onto the prep this Summer. “It’s likely to go on the floors towards the end of this year and we are getting into hardcore prep in the next couple of months. Hopefully, we will start shooting by end of year,” Neeraj confirms. The filmmaker had revealed that the second season of his Special Ops franchise will go on the floors around January 2021.
One wonders, how would he juggle between the two ambitious projects and he explains, “Shivam (Nair) and I co-direct the first season and there will be another team on Special Ops 2. That doesn’t matter, the things will work out.” From 2018 till date, multiple period drama’s have been made which includes, the highest grosser of 2020 was Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior, a period drama, featuring Ajay in lead.
Neeraj is known to bring a distinct touch to his story telling. Speaking of the treatment to the story of Chankaya, he says, “It can’t be explained, you will have to see and get the nature of what we are attempting over here. It’s very difficult to put it in words as to this is how I am going to make Chanakya. There is a team that has been working on it for last two years. We have followed a process for a couple of years and the process is very shortly going to translate on the screen.”
In the meanwhile, Ajay Devgn is currently shooting for his directorial, MayDay in Mumbai with Amitabh Bachchan joining the sets. Soon after, he moves on to Indra Kumar’s Thank God co-starring Siddharth Malhotra and Rakul Preet Singh. Neeraj on the other hand begins Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story next month.
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