Randeep Hooda To Play The Role Of Mumbai’s Encounter Specialist Pradeep Sharma Biopic, Sonu Sood To Play His Aide

There have been lots of biopics of late but this is of another kind altogether. Yes, Another Bollywood biopic is on the anvil and this time it is not about any sort player, this time it is about the fearless flamboyant cop Pradeep Sharma from Mumbai who was also known as the encounter specialist and has been credited with killing as many as 312 underworld operatives in his controversial career that is 36 years.

According to a  media report, the Biopic will be titled Khallas. And the role Of Sharma will be essayed by none other than Randeep Hooda. Sonu Sood will also be playing a prominent character of Sharma’s protégé who was his associate in several encounters, Daya Nayak. South actress Nikesha Patel will be playing the leading lady in the film.

The report states that the biopic is being directed by Ram Gopal Varma’s in house assistant director Pradip Khairwar who has assisted the former on Rakhta Charitra. Khairwar has also worked as a production assistant on many of his projects. Therefore, it is needless to say that the film will be a gritty and thrilling representation of the Mumbai underworld.

The report further reveals that the film will be produced by Simran Madaan of Pi film production in association with AB CINECRAFT. It will go on floors in August or September. Most of the shoot will happen in Mumbai along with a few foreign locales. The official announcement for the film will be made sometime in the mid of June.

Sharma was first posted to the Mahim police station in Mumbai and was moved to the special branch in Juhu (a Mumbai suburb) Rising through the ranks, he went on to head the police stations in other suburbs of Mumbai and became a Senior Inspector in the crime intelligence unit of the Mumbai police. His career spanned 25 years, during which he earned fame for the successful "encounter killings" of as many as 312 criminals, including notorious crime bosses and terrorists belonging to the Lashkar-e-Toiba. He was one of the most famous officers of the Mumbai Encounter Squad. The film will be exploring all the shades of his life and experiences.

The film will surely have a lot of similarities with another Ram Gopal Varma film Ab Tak Chappan which revolved around the life of an encounter specialist Sadhu Agashe. Again this character was also believed to be based on the lives of Pradeep Sharma. The film had Nana Patekar playing Agashe.

We tried to get in touch with Khairwar but he remained unavailable till the time of filing the story.

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