Karan Johar roped in Ananya Panday alongside Akshay Kumar in the C. Sankaran Nair biopic?
Karan Johar earlier announced that he is going to make a film on the life of C. Sankaran Nair fans. Now fans are excited to see who is going to play the iconic character.
Although no official confirmation has been received, several names have come up for the role. Karan Tyagi will direct this project, which is based on the untold and legendary story of lawyer C. Sankaran Nair, who played an active role during British rule in India.
According to the reports, Akshay Kumar and Ananya Panday have been cast in the film. While Akshay will play the late lawyer-activist, Ananya will play a feisty junior lawyer in the film. Although the young actress has yet to sign the dotted line, there are reports that she has been cast. If this works out, it will be the first time Akshay and Ananya have worked together on a film.
If we go by the reports then filmmaker Karan Johar who is presently busy with the promotions of his upcoming film Jug Jugg Jeeyo has already begun pre-production on his forthcoming film C Sankaran biography. The courtroom drama is titled The Untold Story of C Sankaran Nair. According to reports, the film will be based on Raghu and Pushpa Palat’s book, The Case That Shook the Empire and will focus on the lawyer’s struggle against the British Raj to unearth the role of Punjab Lieutenant Governor Michael O’Dwyer in the slaughter.