Indian auteur Anurag Kashyap is about to commerce his director’s chair for a police badge within the upcoming bilingual motion drama “Dacoit – Ek Prem Katha,” toplining Adivi Sesh and Mrunal Thakur.
The addition of Kashyap to the high-octane movie marks the most recent casting coup for the mission, which is capturing concurrently within the Hindi and Telugu languages. The filmmaker-actor will painting a fearless inspector characterised as a religious follower of the Hindu God Ayyappa with zero tolerance for corruption. His character is written as sharp-minded, witty, and sarcastic, in line with the filmmakers.
The manufacturing staff has additionally dropped a brand new poster that ratchets up anticipation for the gritty actioner. “Dacoit” follows an enraged convict on a revenge mission towards an ex-girlfriend who betrayed him, together with his harmful plot to ensnare her unfolding right into a story of affection, betrayal and vengeance.
First-time helmer Shaneil Deo is directing from a screenplay he penned with Sesh. Supriya Yarlagadda produces with Suniel Narang co-producing. Annapurna Studios presents the S.S. Creations enterprise, which is at the moment lensing in Hyderabad earlier than transferring to Maharashtra for an prolonged schedule.
“Taking part in a police officer who’s an Ayyappa devotee is each enjoyable and difficult,” Kashyap mentioned. “The conundrums of responsibility versus dharma, and to go about doing his job with a dry humorousness is unbelievable. I’m really wanting ahead to taking part in this character in two languages, capturing in Hindi, in addition to in Telugu. To get the identical impression in each the languages is the difficult half, one thing I’m totally having fun with.”
Kashyap, greatest recognized for helming gritty movies like “Gangs of Wasseypur” and “Black Friday,” has carved out an intriguing facet hustle in entrance of the digital camera. Whereas he performed a corrupt cop in Bollywood movie “Akira,” his breakout as an antagonist got here within the Tamil-language thriller “Imaikkaa Nodigal,” adopted by his darkly comedic flip in Netflix’s “AK vs AK,” the place he locked horns with Anil Kapoor in a meta showdown. Kashyap doubled down on menace in “Haddi” and just lately added “Maharaja,” “Rifle Membership,” and “Unhealthy Cop” to his rising record of appearing credit, additional cementing his skill to slide into morally ambiguous roles. Whether or not taking part in a menacing adversary or a shady operator, Kashyap’s on-screen selections stay as unpredictable and subversive as his filmmaking.
