Abhishek Bachchan starts shooting for The Big Bull, film produced by Ajay Devgn

Abhishek Bachchan on 16 September (Monday) started filming his next, The Big Bull. The actor took to Instagram to share the news and shared a photograph of the film’s clapboard. Kookie Gulati is directing the film with Ajay Devgn attached to produce. Kookie had helmed the Vivek Oberoi-starrer Prince and has served as the associate director for films like Ishq Vishk and Fida, according to IMDb. According to Times of India, Ileana D’Cruz is the female lead but is not paired opposite Abhishek. The film is reportedly based on true events between 1990 and 2000 that changed the country’s financial fabric.   Here is Abhishek’s post.

Here is the official poster for the film.

IT'S OFFICIAL... Abhishek Bachchan in and as #TheBigBull: An Unreal Story... Filming has commenced... Directed by Kookie Gulati... Produced by Ajay Devgn and Anand Pandit... Co-produced by Kumar Mangat Pathak and Vikrant Sharma... Poster: pic.twitter.com/PGn9ixxEej

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) September 17, 2019

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Abhishek and Ajay previously featured together in 2012’s Bol Bachchan, directed by Rohit Shetty. Abhishek was last seen in Anurag Kashyap’s Manmarziyaan  alongside Taapsee Pannu and Vicky Kaushal. He will be seen in Anurag Basu's new film with Rajkummar Rao , Sanya Malhotra,  Fatima Sana Shaikh , Aditya Roy Kapur and Pankaj Tripathi. Akin to Basu’s hit 2007 film, Life In A… Metro, the slice-of-life film will have intersecting stories at its core. The actor will also be making his digital debut with the sequel to Amazon Prime Video’s show  _Breathe_ . The series is directed by Mayank Sharma. (With inputs from Press Trust of India)