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Randeep Hooda to star in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s next

The title of the article might make you wonder if Randeep Hooda is a part of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Inshallah, but let us tell you that he won’t be starring in that movie. Randeep has been roped in to star in one of the upcoming production ventures of SLB in which he will be playing the role of a cop.

The untitled film will be directed by Balwinder Singh Janjua, who has earlier written scripts for movies like Mubarakan, Firangi and recently for Saand Ki Aankh. It will be a thriller with a pinch of comedy in it and will be set against the backdrop of a small town.


A source told a tabloid, “Randeep plays a cop in the film which has a lot of twists and turns. Balwinder has been working on the script for a long time and recently started pre-production. He will start the recce shortly. Randeep suits the role to the T and will begin his prep closer to the shooting date.”

Randeep has earlier played the role of a cop in movies like Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, Kick, Jannat 2 and Baaghi 2. He was last seen on the big screen in 2018 release Baaghi 2 and currently, Randeep is busy with the shooting of Imtiaz Ali’s next which also stars Kartik Aarayn and Sara Ali Khan. The actor will also be seen alongside Chris Hemsworth in Netflix’s Dhaka.

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  • Yash says he humanised Ravana to help global audiences relate to the character.
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Yash, who plays the demon king Ravana in Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana, says his portrayal was shaped by one clear goal: making the character relatable beyond Indian audiences.
Speaking at CinemaCon in Las Vegas this week, where the film was presented alongside major Hollywood releases, the actor said he worked to strip away the purely mythological reading of the role.

"I have tried to internalise the whole essence of Ravana and tried to make him as human as possible at times," Yash told Reuters.

"It is important for people to relate to him, and since we have global ambitions, we need to make it familiar to a Western audience as well."

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