Arjun
Kapoor to play the lead role
Fox
Star Studios and Raj Kumar Gupta have signed Arjun Kapoor for India’s Most
Wanted, a story inspired by true events and is about the capture of India’s
most wanted without firing a bullet.The film is slated to release on 24th May 2019
and will go on floors in August 2018.
“I
have been working on the script of India’s Most Wanted for past three years.
It’s an inspiring story that has touched and moved me. I am looking forward to
my collaboration with Fox Star Studios and Arjun Kapoor on this film. Arjun is
a sincere and hard working actor and suited the character,” says the Rajkumar
Gupta, whose previous film Raid starring Ajay Devgn was a blockbuster.
Arjun
Kapoor says, “Working with Raj Kumar sir obviously excited me. His films are
raw, gritty, they talk about true events, true heroes. When he narrated India’s
Most Wanted to me I was moved, I was proud of my motherland and its unsung
heroes. It is a film that will inspire patriotism within all of us. To play a
character that might not be known to everybody but needs to be known by
everybody was exciting. It’s always been something that has been at the back of
mind. To play a character straight out of a real life incident and that it was
not just a biopic - that's where I think India's Most Wanted really appealed to
me. It’s actually an event that transpired very recently but not a lot of
people know much details about it. It intrigues me as an actor to play this
role but it excites me as an audience that I will be getting a chance to see
this story unfold on the big screen.”
Arjun
is fascinated with Raj Kumar’s brand of film-making and is also extremely fond
of him given their history. He says, “I think Raj Kumar sir is one of my most
favourite people and directors. He was the first director who called me after
watching Ishaqzaade. He is the first person who called me to his office and
said I am looking forward to working with you soon. He has done Aamir, No one
killed Jessica and now Raid and there is no one else who could have taken up
the subject of India’s Most Wanted and done a film with it.
He
adds, “I am completely sold by the fact that I am going to be working with a
director who knows his craft in this sort of a gritty, real film and that's
very important in the story telling. In a true event film, you need to make
sure you balance out the commerce and the realism, the grit and the glamour,
the emotion as well as the honesty of the characters. So, he is the perfect
director for this material. He is raring to go after Raid and I am fully charged
to work with him.”
“Raj
Kumar has excelled in telling stories based on true events. And India’s Most
Wanted is a film straight out of the headlines. He brings us an amazing story
told in his special style once again. We’re extremely happy to have Arjun Kapoor
play the lead in this extraordinary story that needs to be told.”says Rucha
Pathak, Chief Creative Officer, Fox Star Studios
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