Tevar's Amit Sharma to direct Boney Kapoor's yet untitled sports biopic starring Ajay Devgn

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  The Times of India .  [caption id=“attachment_4656851” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] 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  _ 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:

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.”