Thanks to the unprecedented success of Atlee’s Jawan with Shah Rukh Khan and Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal with Ranbir Kapoor last year, Ranveer Singh is looking to team up with south directors. He had signed on for S Shankar’s Hindi adaptation of his 2005 thriller, Anniyan. However, controversy over its legal rights jeopardised the Jayantilal Gada production. While Ranveer is waiting for the director to come up with another subject, he has reportedly met Atlee for a possible collaboration. Ghajini and Holiday director AR Murugadoss is also said to have narrated an action thriller to the actor. Ranveer has met Rajinikanth’s Jailer director Nelson Dilipkumar too, hoping to work with him. The actor is apparently is looking to accommodate a project with a south director in his date-diary after Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Baiju Bawra fell through due to its high cost. In the coming days, Ranveer is also expected meet Hanu-Man director Prasanth Varma, who recently announced his next, Jai Hanuman.

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