After
the
2017
crime-drama,
Raees,
Ritesh
Sidhwani
and
Farhan
Akhtar
are
once
again
joining
hands
with
Rahul
Dholakia
for
an
action-thriller,
which
is
expected
to
roll
early
next
year.
Set
in
Mumbai,
this
close-to-life
story
revolves
around
a
fire-fighter
named
Tukaram
and
how
he
motivates
his
team
to
tackle
various
SOS
calls.
The
project
is
not
a
biopic
of
any
one
person
but
will
weave
in
several
real-life
incidents,
along
with
an
emotional
father-son
story,
with
an
antagonist
thrown
in
to
create
friction.
The
National
Award-winning
director,
Rahul
Dholakia
dabbled
with
a
lot
of
ideas
before
zeroing
in
on
this
one,
and
points
out
that
with
the
exception
of
Ravi
Chopra's
1980
The
Burning
Train,
the
subject
of
fire
hasn't
been
tackled
in
Hindi
mainstream
cinema
in
a
big
way.
While
talking
about
the
same,
Rahul
Dholakia
shared,
"But
a
series
of
fires
in
the
city
of
late
makes
me
believe
that
it's
time
for
a
film
that
celebrates
these
unsung
heroes.
For
me,
the
firefighters
are
on
par
with
cops
and
soldiers,
but
their
heroics
have
gone
largely
unacknowledged
even
in
a
city
of
skyscrapers.
They
put
their
lives
on
the
line
every
other
day
to
put
out
and
save
us
from
fires
which
sometimes
spark
off
from
our
own
carelessness
and
violation
of
safety
norms.
They
are
also
called
to
pull
a
child
out
of
a
borewell,
rescue
a
kitten
from
the
roof,
clear
an
uprooted
tree
from
the
road
and
help
during
a
building
collapse
or
a
deluge.
Even
during
the
26/11
attacks
they
played
a
significant
role
in
the
rescues
but
went
unheralded."
Rahul
Dholakia
has
always
been
fascinated
by
firefighters
and,
during
his
research,
he
has
met
many
in
person,
visited
fire
stations
and
even
been
on
a
few
trails
with
Randeep
Hooda,
the
face
of
the
Mumbai
Fire
Brigade
and
the
brand
ambassador
of
fire
services
in
India
"A
film
like
this
offers
plenty
of
scope
for
emotions
and
drama,
action
and
visual
thrills,
with
a
larger-than-life
protagonist
at
the
centre,
the
surroundings
and
story-telling
technique
bringing
in
the
realism," Rahul
points
out.
National
Award-winning
dialogue
writer,
Vijay
Maurya,
who
has
films
like
Chillar
Party
as
a
writer
and
Tumhari
Sulu
as
an
actor
to
his
credit,
is
now
working
with
Kabir
Khan
on
his
World
Cup
cricket
drama,
83,
and
Zoya
Akhtar,
on
her
upcoming
musical
Gully
Boy,
has
been
collaborating
with
Rahul
on
the
dialogues.
Rahul
also
shares,
"Farhan
has
contributed
a
lot
of
inputs
to
the
script
and
Ritesh
is
a
brilliant
producer.
This
is
a
big
film
and
will
cost
a
lot.
It
requires
sensitive
makers
because
while
being
visually
dramatic,
it
needs
to
be
an
'experience'
for
the
audience
to
see
and
feel.
Having
worked
with
Farhan
and
Ritesh
on
Raees,
I
can't
think
of
anyone
better
to
take
this
film
forward
with
me."
Rahul
Dholakia
has
a
final
narration
with
the
producer
duo
in
a
couple
of
days,
after
which
they
will
start
on
the
casting.
When
quizzed
about
the
casting,
he
told
Mumbai
Mirror,
"I
need
a
40-plus
actor
to
play
Tukaram.
We
will
definitely
cast
an
A-list
actor
but
right
now
both
the
title
and
the
cast
are
under
discussion."