DOUBLE DHAMAKA: Post Paltan, JP Dutta to direct two biopics, including

It's official! JP Dutta's next directorial, after
Paltan, won't be one (as is the filmmaker's
norm) but two a biopic on Maharaja
Ranjit Singh, whose Sikh Empire, ruled the
northwest Indian subcontinent in the early
half of the 19th century and the other one,
a biopic set in Rajasthan. Maharaja Ranjit
Singh was popularly known as Sher-e-
Punjab or Lion of Punjab.
The second movie is a modern-day biopic
set in the interiors of Rajasthan and based
on a powerful personality of Rajasthan.
Buzz is that Harshvardhan Rane, who has a
three-film deal with JP Dutta's production
house, has been signed to play the main
lead in this film. Dutta will direct both. He
returned to directing with Paltan after
almost a decade but this time the filmmaker
won't be seen taking a break but plunge
into both the movies one after the other.
Nidhi says, "The next film after Paltan that
my father is directing now is rural-western,
action-powerful drama along the lines of
Hathyar, Batwara, Ghulami and Kshatriya. He
is moving away from his war dramas
slightly this time. As my father says, his
career has always been defined by the
movies he grew up seeing. The first part of
his career was westerns, like Ghulami and
Batwara which were based in rural India
and the second part was about war movies.
So the western movie we have planned is a
biopic, based on a real-life character who
lived in the heartlands of Rajasthan in the
1980s. It's a start-to-finish movie and we
plan to start shooting from November in
Rajasthan this year.
But that's not the only film that JP Dutta and
Nidhi have lined up. Nidhi says, "We are
launching two films and the second one is a
historical drama based on Maharaja Ranjit
Singh, the leader of the Sikh Empire. Once
he completes the rural western he goes
into his historical period drama from
February 2019. Dad is still sticking to the
two genres he loves westerns as he calls
them and the historical period war film. We
are so excited and prep work has begun!
My father has a fascination for warriors and
it can even be our soldiers or warriors of
another era. Maharaja Ranjit Singh is one of
the most celebrated warriors of India and
his is a story that needs to be told. His
Khalsa army and government included
Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims and Europeans and
his reign included a period of Sikh cultural
and artistic renaissance.
When contacted Harshvardhan Rane said "I
am available for JP Films whenever they
want me, but yes, my dates have been
blocked for sure. I don't know for which
one as sir is starting two movies and I
never ask him details. But I have heard talk
of one movie starting from end November
onwards.

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