Updated On: 01 December, 2025 07:45 AM IST | Mumbai | The Hitlist Team
Director Shoojit Sircar is set to helm a comedy film with a mythological twist, starring Manoj Bajpayee and Rajkummar Rao. Apart from this, Milap Zaveri is reportedly in early conversations with Tiger Shroff for a large-scale action drama

Rajkummar Rao, Shoojit Sircar and Manoj Bajpayee
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Director Shoojit Sircar, known for critically acclaimed films like October (2018) and Sardar Udham (2021), is set to helm a comedy film with a mythological twist. The buzz is that the filmmaker’s next project will be a quirky mythological comedy, starring Manoj Bajpayee and Rajkummar Rao. We have also learnt that it will reinterpret a key episode from the Mahabharata through a humorous lens. Industry insiders are excited for the new venture as the filmmaker’s comedies like Vicky Donor (2012) and Piku (2015) have been loved by film critics and audiences equally. Insiders suggest that the new film will be laced with “a new style of humour rarely explored in Indian cinema.” The film’s shoot is expected to start in the first half of 2026.
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