After working with Karan Johar in films like Brothers, 2.0, Sooryavanshi, Kesari, Good Newwz, and Selfie, Akshay Kumar is all set for his seventh collaboration with Dharma on the C Sankaran Nair biopic. The actor started shooting for the film in November last year, followed by his annual break over the Christmas and New Year weekends.
He started his freshman year again by returning to the set of this period drama set in the 1920s and 1930s. Ananya Pandey joined him for two schedules. And now it has been learned from exclusive sources that R.K. Madhavan will be seen opposite Akshay Kumar in this 1900s courtroom drama.
R Madhavan was surprised to hear the story
R Madhavan has often associated himself with content-driven films and characters that required him to push the envelope. He was intrigued by the script of the C Sankaran Nair biopic and decided to appear in the film. He is playing the role of a lawyer in the film.
Whose character traits are based on a person from that era, the source revealed that Madhavan has been quietly shooting for the film with Akshay for the past few days. “Both Akshay and Madhavan have done several script reading sessions as well.”
Ananya's track is Secret
Both Akshay and Madhavan are seen as lawyers in the film, while Ananya's track has been kept under wraps for now. The film is set against the backdrop of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and stars Akshay Kumar as C Sankaran Nair, who fought against the British Raj to uncover the truth about the massacre.
The film is adapted from the novel, The Case That Shook the Empire, written by Raghu Palat and his wife Pushpa Palat. It is directed by Karan Singh Tyagi and produced by Dharma Productions in association with Leo Media Collective. The second schedule is expected to be completed by January 15.
