In the past, actors like Ajay Devgn and Emraan Hashmi have essayed roles based on dreaded gangster Dawood Ibrahim in films like Company and Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai and now, it seems that actor Arshad Warsi, known for his comic roles, might soon join the list of such actors too.
Sources claim that Warsi might be seen playing the role of Dawood Ibrahim in Nikhil Advani's film D-Day, which revolves around the adventures of a team of RAW agents, who go on a mission to bring back Dawood from Pakistan to India.
Though Arshad has been approached for the role, it seems that he has not given his nod yet but has asked for time to consider the offer as he is somewhat reluctant about playing such a dark role after becoming famous as 'Circuit' in the 'Munnabhai' series. Incidentally, actor Akshay Kumar will also be seen playing a role based on Dawood in the sequel to Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai.
Actor Arshad Warsi, who is all set to reprise his role of Babban in Dedh Ishqiya, has revealed that the shooting of the film has been pushed yet again. It will now go on floors in January next year.
Dedh Ishqiya is the sequel to the 2010 film Ishqiya, which starred Vidya Balan along with Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi.
While Vidya will not be seen in this film, directed by Abhishek Chaubey, Madhuri Dixit is set to make a comeback.
Arshad Warsi, who was present at a book launch event recently, said, "I have finished three movies, they are going to release whenever they have to. I am chilling now, I was supposed to start shooting for Dedh Ishqiya which has been pushed to January, and so I am having a good time."
The actor added that he is off to Canada in about three days where is one of the members of the board of directors of the International Indian Film Festival in Toronto.
Shooting for Dedh Ishqiya was supposed to begin in September 2011 but was then postponed to November and ultimately February 2011 owing to Abhishek's wedding. Let's see if it finally begins in January next year!
They formed an adorable jodi in the Munnabhai series. However with no signs of 'Munnabhai 3' really going on floors soon, both Sanjay Dutt as well as Arshad Warsi have moved on. Though they occasionally come together for a Double Dhamaal, one does miss the Munnabhai-Circuit camaraderie that has been the hallmark of Rajkumar Hirani films.
However Arshad is in mood to form a new jodi with another senior actor, what with Bhaiyyaji Superhitt bringing him together with Sunny Deol. While the bhaigiri with Sanjay Dutt is now the story of the past, it is some bhaiyaaji magic that Arshad plans to unfold now.
Says Neeraj Pathak, director of Bhaiyyaji Superhitt, for whom Arshad was always the first choice to play a director in the film, "I was so very convinced that Arshad was the only actor who could play this role. It is a tailor-made role for him and when you would see the movie, you would realise that."
A mini schedule of the film has already been completed and the director is happy with what has been done so far.
"Even though Arshad and I haven't worked together, we share a great equation. The moment I narrated the script to him and he realised that there were some excellent sequences that he would share with Sunny, he was on. I could sense his excitement because here was the promise of this new jodi in the making", he says.
Also starring Ameesha Patel with expectation of Preity Zinta joining the cast soon, Bhaiyyaji Superhitt would release early next year.
Arshad Warsi and Paresh Rawal's latest Amrit Sagar film ran into a lot of trouble recently. The cast and the crew had to face some rather unexpected visitors during the shoot.
A source from the film revealed that they were shooting a wedding sequence in Delhi in extreme weather conditions, when suddenly a troop of monkeys invaded their sets. It turned out to be quite a scary situation for the unit.
The monkeys also bit some of the crew members. And by the time the rest of the shoot wrapped up, most of the team members remained terrified of the monkeys.
