After the historic success of the Dhurandhar franchise, audiences are now looking forward to what Aditya Dhar has up his sleeve next. While the director hasn’t officially announced his new project, he is said to be toying with multiple ideas. According to an exclusive report in Variety India, Dhar is presently focusing on three scripts: The Immortal Ashwatthama, a historical epic, and a high-scale sports drama.
For the unversed, Aditya Dhar has been working on The Immortal Ashwatthama for the past few years, and it is his dream project. However, the film was shelved due to the mammoth budget. Since Aditya Dhar has now delivered back-to-back all-time blockbusters, studios are now willing to fund the project, says the report.
The report further mentioned, “Dhar is more inclined toward a historical epic set during the reign of Chandragupta Maurya, the founder and the first emperor of the Maurya Empire. Dhar and Ranveer Singh have been discussing this project since last year, and they are expected to sit and discuss it again once the Dhurandhar wave settles down. It’s a space that hasn’t been explored yet. You have the same emotions of high drama, action, treachery, etc. And it can be an interesting space. Its canvas is big, and if Ashwatthama is not happening, this is the most obvious one.”
The director is further said to be contemplating a sports drama, which is now in the ideation stage. However, the master storyteller will not kick off his next anytime soon as he wishes to take a small break.