Kriti Sanon Is On A Roll; Grabs Her Next Project - A Female-centric Thriller By Rahul Dholakia
Kriti Sanon will be playing the lead in filmmaker Rahul Dholakia next directorial.
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By Pti
Kriti
Sanon
will
be
playing
the
lead
in
filmmaker
Rahul
Dholakia
next
directorial.
The
yet-to-be-titled
thriller
film
will
be
produced
by
Sunir
Kheterpal
for
Azure
Entertainment,
the
makers
said
in
a
statement.
Kriti,
who
delivered
back-to-back
hits
with
Bareily
Ki
Barfi
and
Luka
Chuppi,
said
she
was
yearning
to
do
a
female-centric
thriller
for
a
long
time.
"I
have
been
waiting
for
the
right
female-driven
thriller
to
come
my
way
and
this
film
ticked
all
the
boxes
and
has
all
the
elements
of
a
commercial
film.
It's
an
entertainer
that
has
a
powerful
core
idea
and
will
connect
with
the
audiences
without
being
preachy
about
the
subject.
"I
play
a
media
professional
for
which
the
research
has
already
started
and
I
am
looking
forward
to
beginning
this
journey
in
August," Kriti
said
in
a
statement.
Kriti
has
her
hands
full
with
three
more
releases
this
year
including
Arjun
Patiala
with
Diljit
Dosanjh,
Housefull
4
and
Ashutosh
Gowarikar's
Panipat.
The
project
marks
the
first
collaboration
between
Azure
Entertainment
and
Rahul,
who
is
co-producing.
"Azure
pitched
this
idea
to
me
which
was
being
developed
and
all
of
us
realized
that
there
was
an
exciting,
real-time
thriller
format
that
this
story
lends
itself
to.
This
is
a
cracker
of
a
script
and
Kriti
is
the
ideal
choice
for
the
protagonist," the
director
said.
Dholakia
last
directorial
was
Shah
Rukh
Khan-starrer
Raees.
He
also
has
films
such
as
Parzania
and
Lamhaa
to
his
credits.
The
new
film
is
being
written
by
author
Bilal
Siddiqi,
whose
novel,
The
Bard
of
Blood
is
currently
being
adapted
into
a
series
for
Netflix.
The
makers
said
there
will
be
heavy
use
of
visual
effects
in
the
film
and
they
are
planning
to
rope
in
a
top
South
Korean
VFX
Studio
for
it.
The
project
will
go
on
floors
in
August
and
will
be
shot
in
a
single
schedule.
The
makers
are
looking
at
an
early
2020
release
date.