Shahid Kapoor's next film 'Ashwatthama' has been announced. The official announcement of the film was shared by Jackky Bhagnani and Shahid Kapoor on their social media. Let us tell you here that earlier Vicky Kaushal was going to do this film in place of Shahid Kapoor. Vicky had also started preparations for this film. But then Vicky walked out of the film.
The film 'Ashwatthama' will be written and directed by Sachin Ravi. Vashu Bhagnani, Jackky Bhagnani and Deepshikha Deshmukh are the producers of this film. The makers are planning to make 'Ashvatthama' in a style that has never been seen before. It will be a pan-India film, which will be released in theaters in Hindi as well as Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages.
Some time ago, sources close to the makers had told that this is the most ambitious project for Vashu and Jackky Bhagnani. They have been developing this project since the beginning of this year. The makers want to show something that the Indian audience has never seen before. Shahid Kapoor was the first choice of the makers since the beginning of the project. Director Aditya Dhar was going to make the film 'Ashwatthama'. Vicky Kaushal and Sara Ali Khan were going to be seen in the lead roles in this film. But due to budget problems, the makers stopped the film. The makers wanted to shoot 'Ashwatthama' on a large scale. The makers were thinking of casting many big people in it.
Director Aditya Dharani was in talks with Sunil Shetty for the lead role in the film. The film was to be shot in India, Iceland and UAE. The makers wanted to start the shooting of the film from August 2021, however, the shooting was postponed after the second wave of Corona.