Ali Abbas Zafar‘s production debut is Ishaan Khattar and Ananya Pandey’s film Khaali Peeli.
Now, Ali is already slating a couple of films under his banner Offside Entertainment and one of them is going to feature someone special indeed.
As per a Peepingmoon report, Offside Entertainment is currently developing three projects which are all in different production stages. The film starring Diljit Dosanjh is an untitled historical drama apparently about the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots. It is currently in the post-production stage and will premiere directly on the OTT Netflix early next year.
Interestingly, it’s not just this film but Diljit is to reportedly star in another Ali Abbas Zafar production which is a crime-comedy. It also stars actress Banita Sandhu which actors Sumeet Vyas and Boman Irani are in talks to join the cast.
The film has been titled ‘Detective Sherdil‘ and will see Dosanjh playing the role of an investigator. Zafar’s long-time associate Ravi Chhabriya who has closely worked with him on Sultan, Tiger Zinda Hai, Bharat, and Tandav is making his directorial debut with this detective comedy-drama. The film has already gone on floors in Budapest and will be wrapped up by next month.
The Peepingmoon source also informs that it is Ali himself who wrote the script for this film. “Detective Sherdil is the story of a newbie, amateur detective played by Diljit Dosanjh. It’s a comedy-of-error set in the backdrop of crime investigation. While Ali Abbas Zafar’s film on Sikh riots sees Dosanjh playing the role of a serious dramatic actor, this film brings him back to his comfortable space of comedy. October actress Banita Sandhu has been paired opposite him while the characters of Boman Irani and Sumeet Vyas are not known yet,” the source says.
Apart from this, Ali has also started the pre-production for his next thriller starring Shahid Kapoor. The film is said to be the remake of a Hollywood film and will be shot majorly in Abu Dhabi from December 2021. Zafar’s two-part superhero film with Katrina Kaif has reportedly been postponed due to the COVID-19-induced shooting restrictions and will now get into production only when the situation is better to mount it on the envisioned scale. The filmmaker is also believed to be working on the re-imagination of Mr. India trilogy.