Ghazi is a war-drama inspired from a true incident
Highlights
- Ghazi will release in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi
- Rana Daggubati plays a naval officer
- Ghazi is inspired from a true incident from the 1971 Indo-Pak war
Superstar Amitabh Bachchan may lend his voice for the Hindi version of Rana Daggubati and Taapsee Pannu upcoming war-drama
Ghazi, a source told news agency IANS.
Ghazi is a film inspired from a true incident from the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war. It revolves around the mysterious sinking of Pakistani submarine PNS Ghazi. Rana Daggubati portrays the role a naval officer while Taapsee plays a refugee. "The makers of the film have initiated talks with Mr Bachchan. His voice will be used to narrate some crucial part of the story. He's yet to give his nod," a source from the film's unit told IANS.
Directed by Sankalp Reddy, the war-drama
Ghazi is being made by PVP Cinema and AA Films and will release in both Tamil and Hindi. Karan Johar's Dharma Productions is working on the Hindi version of the film.
The first look of the film was released in December, which featured
Rana Daggubati as a naval officer.
In an interview to IANS, Taapsee had earlier said that the script of the film "surprised" her: "After meeting the director of the film, I was pretty intrigued that it's such a mysterious chapter in history. I researched on some facts about the 1971 war and PNS Ghazi, which did surprise me and also made me appreciate the kind of research, which the director did when he wrote the script. It will be quite a ride for the audience to see this movie."
Ghazi will hit the theatres on February 17 and will release simultaneously in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi.
Amitabh Bachchan was last seen in
Pink also featuring Taapsee Pannu.
(With inputs from IANS)