Amit Sharma, who debuted as a director with the Arjun Kapoor-Sonakshi Sharma starrer
_Tevar_ in 2015, has been roped in to direct a sports biopic featuring Ajay Devgn. Boney Kapoor will be producing the film, reuniting for the second time with Sharma after Tevar. [caption id=“attachment_4656761” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Amit Sharma (left) and Ajay Devgn (right). Twitter/@CinemaPuraDesi, @ajaydevgn[/caption] This project will be bringing Ajay Devgn and Boney Kapoor together for a film after a gap of 16 years, as per a report by DNA. The duo worked together last in Ram Gopal Verma’s crime-thriller film Company (2002), in which Kapoor was a co-producer, reports
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Ajay Devgn and Vivek Oberoi in a scene from Company(2002). YouTube Screengrab[/caption] The film is likely to go on floors next year, since Ajay Devgn will be busy shooting for Indra Kumar’s
Total Dhamaal , the third installment of the Dhamaal franchise, as well as Om Raut’s
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Tanaji: The Unsung Warrior ,_ a historical drama based on Tanaaji Malusare, a military leader in the army of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Sharma has previously directed ad films, most notably the commercial of
Google's Reunion , where two friends separated during Partition unite years later due to technology.
Amit Sharma is currently working on his next feature film, _Badhaai Ho_ , a comedy starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Sanya Malhotra. He announced the same on Twitter on 25 June:
My next film #BadhaaiHo coming this Dussehra. 19th October. Produced by @JungleePictures @ChromePictures @Sen_Aleya @hemantchrome Staring @ayushmannk & @sanyamalhotra07 pic.twitter.com/XS53FRrVMV
— Amit Sharma (@iAmitRSharma) June 25, 2018
According to the DNA report, a source said “Though Tevar failed to make a splash at the box office, Boney seemed impressed with him. This will be Amit’s first film with a superstar.”