Anurag Basu talks about his next movie and other projects

After the release of Jagga Jasoos in July 2017, Anurag Basu quietly started shooting a film on the streets of Kolkata. A leaked picture from the sets suggested the director has teamed up with Abhishek Bachchan for the first time in his career. While speculation is rife that it is a sequel to his 2007 film, Life In A... Metro, Anurag categorically refutes the rumours, saying, "It has multiple plots, but it is not a sequel to Life In A... Metro. The genre and story are totally different and fresh. We have yet to decide the title and will figure the release date only after we wrap up the film. The film has a promising ensemble cast. "It features Abhishek Bachchan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Rajkummar Rao and Pankaj Tripathi in the lead, adds the filmmaker but refuses to divulge any more details.

After his current assignment, Anurag will team up with Kangana Ranaut for the third time, after Gangster and Life In A... Metro for a film titled Imali. "I'm not sure when the film will go on the floors because currently, both of us are tied up with multiple projects. But we will sit down soon and decide on the timeline, the film is happening for sure, he asserts.

It has been Anurag's dream to direct a Kishore Kumar biopic with Ranbir Kapoor playing the singeractor-filmmaker. He already has a script and screenplay ready but bring up the subject and he sighs, "Dukhti rag pe haath rakh diya, this one film I've really worked hard on. It took quite some time to research Kishore, but now with the script and screenplay locked, I could take it on the floors tomorrow if everything goes as planned.

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