Farhan Akhtar in talks to join Aamir Khan in Ashutosh Gowarikars next sports drama
After the achievement of Lagaan, Aamir Khan and filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker are gearing up to reunite precisely after 25 years for a new movie primarily based at the existence of mythical Indian cricketer Lala Amarnath. We first completely pronounced on May 8 that the duo of Aamir and Ashutosh is reuniting and the movie is a partition-era sports biopic, sponsored through Rajkumar Hirani.Now, we have solely learnt that Farhan Akhtar is in talks to join the undertaking in a pivotal position. According to resources, Farhan is being considered to play Lala Amarnath’s high-quality friend within the movie, a person who became at the start part of undivided India however actions to Pakistan put up-partition.
"Aamir Khan performs Lala Amarnath in the film, which is largely a friendship tale set in opposition to the backdrop of cricket and partition. Farhan Akhtar is in talks for the role of his closest buddy. The emotional dynamics among the 2 characters shape the heart of the narrative," found out a source.
The source in addition adds, "The tale is by Rajkumar Hirani, with robust creative inputs from him and Abhijat Joshi at the screenplay as well. The movie is being produced by using Aamir Khan together with Excel Entertainment and Rajkumar Hirani, and is anticipated to head on floors by using around October 2026 with a start-to-end schedule."The ambitious assignment marks the reunion of Aamir Khan and Ashutosh Gowariker precisely 25 years after Lagaan, one in all Indian cinema’s maximum celebrated movies.
For the unversed, Lala Amarnath became India's first cricket captain and captained India of their first Test series win towards Pakistan in 1952. He exceeded away on fifth August 2000 at 88. Apart from the sports activities drama with Ashutosh Gowarikar, Aamir Khan is also anticipated to be a part of director Rahul Mody’s subsequent begin-up drama, as well as the Rajkumar Hirani-directed four Idiots.
