It was in the month of November 2020 that many media publications reported Farhan Akhtar’s collaboration with director Ashutosh Gowariker for his next adventure drama.
And it was in August 2021, that Farhan officially declared the film titled Pukar which was to be produced under his banner Excel entertainment.
There were also reports of actress Rakul Preet Singh and south actor Jagapathy Babu have been roped in for integral roles and that the shooting of the film would be commencing in November 2021.
However, according to a Peepingmoon report, the film has not gone on floors yet and on the contrary has been postponed indefinitely.
According to a peeping moon source, the film has been put on hold because of script issues. “”The script of this film went through many reworks in the last one year but it wasn’t going anywhere. The makers couldn’t crack the final draft, and hence they collectively agreed to shelve this film for the time being,” the source told the publication.
The report further states that the pre-production of the film has also been halted after the last-minute decision.
The film was supposed to bring to the forefront the issue of forest preservation, Farahan Akhtar was to play a forest ranger while Rakul Preet was to be his love interest in the film. Jagapathy Babu was to be the antagonist character in the film. The film was supposed to mark Javed Akhtar’s return to screenwriting after a massive gap of 15 years. His last film was Shah Rukh Khan’s Don.
As the film is put on the back burner, Ashutosh and Farhan have already moved their focus on their other projects. Ashutosh is still trying to figure out what his next film will be and Farhan is busy with the pre-production of his directorial venture Jee Le Zaraa, which is a road trip movie starring Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif and Alia Bhatt. Jee Le Zaraa is scheduled to go on floors in mid 2022.
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