Vicky Kaushal is on a roll with some amazing projects in his kitty. The actor is currently shooting for Meghna Gulzar’s Sam Bahadur. The movie also features Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra. The Uri star will also be sharing screen space with Oo Anatava girl Samantha in The Immortal Ashwatthama. Reportedly the movie is all set to go on floor by February next year.
Buzz is that, after wrapping Sam Bahadur, Vicky Kaushal will beging shooting for The Immortal Ashwatthama along with Samantha. This film is a second collaboration of Vicky with Aditya after their national award winning, URI: The Surgical Strike.
As reported by sources to Pinkvilla, “Vicky and Aditya share ample of passion for The Immortal Ashwatthama. The film is like a dream they saw together, and hence Adi going ahead with the film without Vicky was never a question. There was some back and forth happening over the last few months on the budget and casting front, but the film is now all geared up to go on floors next summer.”
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Sources further added that it would be a two part film, and all of it will be shot in one go. “It’s a film that can change the tide for Hindi cinema. Aditya wants to introduce the Immortal Ashwatthama from Mahabharata in a superhero format, and believes that his story can cross national boundaries too. He is all excited and is finally and actually set to take the film on floors by next summer,” the source concluded.
Apart from The Immortal Ashwatthama, Vicky Kaushal has three films which are awaiting for its release– Govinda Naam Mera, Great Indian Family and Laxman Uttekar’s next.
Samantha is gearing up for the release of Shaakuntalam with Dev Mohan. She also has Kushi with Vijay Deverakonda. and Yashoda in her kitty.