Veteran lensman PC Sreeram has revealed that filmmaker R Balki and actor Dulquer Salmaan will join forces for the first time for a psychological thriller.
Sreeram, a constant collaborator of the director, took to Twitter to announce the news.
Rumours about Balki and Dulquer joining hands made headlines a few months ago. However, neither the filmmaker nor the actor commented on the project officially.
Sreeram tweeted, “My next project with Balki will have Dulquer Salman. It’s a psychological thriller. Eagerly waiting to start work (sic).”
My next project with Balki will have Dulquer Salman.
— pcsreeramISC (@pcsreeram) May 25, 2021
Its a psychological thriller .
Eagerly waiting to start work.#RBalki@dulQuer pic.twitter.com/g0C7AKHoMf
Balki’s last directorial project was the Akshay Kumar-starrer Pad Man (2018), which is based on the life of social activist Arunachalam Muruganantham.
Dulquer currently awaits the release of the Malayalam project Kurup. The film, which is being directed by Srinath, will be centred on Sukumara Kurup, a family man who commits a ghastly crime.
It’s been over three decades since the heinous incident and Sukumara is still at large. Dulquer and Srinath had previously worked together in Second Show (2012).
He also has the Malayalam cop thriller Salute in the pipeline. The film stars Dulquer as SI Aravind Karunakaran.
Dulquer also recently completed shooting for the upcoming Tamil romantic drama Hey Sinamika, which marks the directorial debut of choreographer Brinda. The film also stars Kajal Aggarwal and Aditi Rao Hydari.
Hey Sinamika has been produced by Jio Studios in association with Global One Studios. It marks Jio Studios foray into Tamil cinema.