The actor and writer are collaborating on the film Tehran; the untitled feature will go on the floors by the end of 2022.
John Abraham, Ritesh Shah join hands for Shivam Nair’s geopolitical thriller
Mumbai - 16 Jul 2022 11:35 IST
Our Correspondent
John Abraham and Ritesh Shah are joining hands once again for Shivam Nair’s as-yet-untitled geopolitical thriller. The actor and writer are already collaborating on the film Tehran and will begin working on this new project by the end of 2022.
Nair, who has directed the feature Naam Shabana (2017) and the web-series Special Ops (2020), shared, “I have been working on this geopolitical thriller for a while now with Fortune Pictures. A lot of hard work and research has gone into the creation of the story structure and this script. We now have John Abraham as our lead for this film, whose title we will reveal shortly. Pre-production for this joint venture with Wakaao Films has already started.”
Shah added, “Together we are doing quite a few projects, the film with John Abraham and Shivam Nair being the immediate one. Another one is a female-led action revenge thriller. I am very comfortable with team Fortune Pictures, their content identification and curation sensibilities are truly amazing.”
Fortune Pictures has produced Nandita Das’s Manto (2018), starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and the long-delayed Tadka, directed by Prakash Raj and starring Nana Patekar, Taapsee Pannu, Shriya Saran and Ali Fazal.
Consisting of Sameer Dixit, Jatish Varma and Girish Johar, the production house also has two films helmed by Srijit Mukherji, two with Gautham Menon and a film with Anees Bazmee lined up.
Mukherji’s first film is an urban slice of life drama, while the second project with him is a drama thriller film, based on true events which is being curated presently. Gautham Menon will direct a musical romantic film which will be scored by AR Rahman. The film is currently at casting stage whereas the second film with Menon is a big action thriller, written by Ritesh Shah.
Bazmee’s project is young comedy entertainer written by Jasvinder Singh Bath and Ravi Shankaran.
The team is also in advance talks with a leading Hollywood production company, to jointly produce content.
