Director Atlee is now all set to make a film that stars Salman Khan. The film will be a mega-budget reincarnation drama which will be set in two distinct areas – the past and present, for which, the director was preparing since the last one year.
After the historic success of the Shah Rukh Khan -led ‘Jawan’, Atlee is all set to collaborate with Salman Khan on his sixth directorial. The mega-budget two-hero epic saga with Salman Khan will go on floors by Summer 2025, as Atlee needs some time to finish the script.
The film is touted be an epic two-hero saga, as Atlee is attempting to role in either of Kamal Haasan or Rajinikanth for the parallel lead alongside Salman Khan, making it one of the biggest casting coups of the modern era.
A source revealed, “Atlee has been working on a mega-budget reincarnation drama for the last one year, which is set in two distinct era’s – past and present. The filmmaker is looking to have a strong, never-seen-before period set up with breath-taking visuals of a fictional world.
It’s going to be Salman Khan presented like never before in the avatar of a warrior in the period era, whereas the present era dynamics have been kept under wraps for now. The focus of the film will be more towards the period portions than the present, as the script demands more of drama and conflict in the fictional fantasy world. All the characters will be interlinked from past and present.”
The source added, “It’s an ambitious film with Atlee looking to create a new world for the cinema going audiences, with lots of action, drama, thrills and emotion. He is looking to lock the entire star-cast for A6 by the end of this year, and the filmmaker is confident to get one of the two legends – Kamal Haasan or Rajinikanth – to play the parallel lead.”
The film will be produced by Sun Pictures and be shot over a period of one year starting from Summer 2025. It is touted to be Salman Khan’s big-ticket release on the big screen in 2026, and an official announcement is expected to be made next year with a proper asset. Speaking about the theme of reincarnation, the Salman Khan starrer ‘Karan Arjun’ which also was based on the same theme, is now being re-released. Besides Salman Khan, the film also stars Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Mamta Kulkarni and also the legendary Amrish Puri.