On his birthday in March, Aamir Khan indicated that he was in talks with director RS Prasanna of Shubh Mangal Saavdhan (2017) fame for his next. At the time, mid-day had reported that the project in question is inspired by the 2018 Spanish film, Campeones, which revolves around a temperamental basketball coach who, as part of his community service sentence, builds a team comprising the intellectually-disabled for the Special Olympics. Now, it is learnt that things are moving at a brisk pace on the project. The production team has been instructed to prepare for a September shoot.

RS Prasanna