It was already announced that Saif signed a biographical drama based on the suspicious death of Indian nuclear scientist Homi Jehangir Bhabha.
Now, looks like Saif is on a signing spree as Saif Ali Khan will star in an action-thriller inspired by true incidents.
A source informed Peepingmoon.com that the project has tentatively been titled Fire and will be directed by Rahul Dholakia. It is believed the film revolves around a Mumbai firefighter named Tukaram and how he motives his team to tackle various SOS calls. Billed as the first mainstream Bollywood film to tackle the subject of fire in a big way, this close-to-life story is expected to get into production by early 2022 after Dholakia is done with his Taapsee Pannu starrer Mithali Raj biopic.
It is said that Rahul Dholakia has been working on this project for the last four years. He has written this film in partnership with the National Award-winning dialogue writer Vijay Maurya while Farhan Akhtar has also reportedly contributed a lot of inputs to the script. The team of Excel Entertainment has started working on the film’s pre-production. They are considering the idea of hiring an international crew for action sequences as well as the VFX work to make the film a truly visual spectacle.
Saif Ali Khan was supposed to collaborate with Rahul Dholakia and Excel Entertainment last year but it did not plan out. Saif was playing the role of a dysfunctional but wild and crazy father to Ananya Pandey in that relationship drama.