Malayalam
heartthrob
Dulquer
Salmaan
made
his
debut
in
the
Hindi
film
industry
with
Irrfan
Khan-Mithila
Palkar
starrer
Karwaan
in
2018.
Next,
he
shared
screen
space
with
Sonam
Kapoor
in
Abhishek
Sharma's
The
Zoya
Factor
in
2019.
Sadly,
the
film
turned
out
to
be
a
box
office
disappointment.
Now,
if
the
latest
buzz
is
to
be
believed,
Dulquer
Salmaan
is
now
all
set
to
team
up
with
R
Balki
for
an
edge-of-the
seat
thriller.
As
per
a
report
in
Pinkvilla,
this
film
which
marks
the
actor's
first
collaboration
with
R
Balki,
is
scheduled
to
hit
the
shooting
floors
in
the
first
quarter
of
2021.
A
source
close
to
the
development
told
the
entertainment
portal,
"He
(Balki)
had
been
toying
with
the
idea
of
making
a
thriller
for
a
while
now
and
the
lockdown
gave
him
the
time
to
explore
that
space
on
paper.
He
worked
on
the
idea
and
developed
it
into
a
full-fledged
screenplay.
Given
the
way
his
script
shaped
up,
Balki
and
his
team
felt
that
Dulquer
Salmaan
would
fit
the
bill
and
be
apt
for
the
protagonist's
part
in
the
film."
Reportedly,
the
film
will
have
multiple
mysterious
characters
with
Dulquer
being
the
central
one.
Meanwhile,
the
makers
are
yet
to
finalize
the
leading
lady
for
this
thriller.
"The
female
lead
and
other
actors
of
the
film
will
be
locked
soon,
and
a
formal
announcement
is
on
the
way," the
portal
quoted
the
source
as
saying.
The
report
also
stated
that
why
Balki
is
one
of
the
key
producers
of
this
thriller,
a
studio
is
expected
to
come
on
board
as
well.
R
Balki
had
last
directed
Akshay
Kumar's
social
drama
Pad
Man
in
2018.
The
film
was
inspired
by
the
the
life
of
social
activist
Arunachalam
Muruganantham,
a
social
entrepreneur
from
Tamil
Nadu
worked
towards
providing
cost-effective
and
hygienic
sanitary
napkins
to
the
women
in
the
rural
areas.
The
film
even
bagged
the
Best
Film
on
Other
Social
Issues
at
the
66th
National
Film
Awards.