Akshay Kumar has taken Bollywood by storm. The actor has been on a roll with back to back announcements of interesting and big-budget projects. The actor has yet again taken the audience by surprise as he is all set to reunite with Aanand L Rai after ‘Atrangi Re’ and ‘Raksha Bandhan’.
On the auspicious occasion of Dussehra, Akki announced his new project titled ‘Gorkha’. The film is based on the life of Major General Ian Cardozo, a legendary officer of the Gorkha regiment of the Indian Army (5th Gorkha Rifles).
Gorkha will be directed by Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan and produced by Aanand L Rai and Himanshu Sharma.
Announcing his upcoming film, Akshay Kumar shared posters of Gorkha and tweeted, "Sometimes you come across stories so inspiring that you just want to make them. Gorkha - on the life of legendary war hero, Major General Ian Cardozo is one such film. Honoured to essay the role of an icon and present this special film."
Sometimes you come across stories so inspiring that you just want to make them. #Gorkha - on the life of legendary war hero, Major General Ian Cardozo is one such film. Honoured to essay the role of an icon and present this special film.
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) October 15, 2021
Directed By - @sanjaypchauhan pic.twitter.com/4emlmiVPPJ
Akshay will be essaying the role of the legendary war hero who fought in the wars of 1962, 1965, and most notably in the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.
An NDTV report quoted Aanand L Rai speaking about his latest collaboration with Akshay Kumar, and said, "We are honoured to bring the story of a legendary war hero, Major General Ian Cardozo whose name goes down in history for his immense courage in the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war. I am also excited to work with Akshay sir again for the third time."
Workwise, Akshay Kumar has an interesting line-up of films ahead. His roster of new films also includes Atrangi Re, Prithviraj, Bachchan Pandey, Raksha Bandhan and Ram Setu.
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