Jackie Shroff To Play Father To Akshay And Sidharth In THE WARRIOR
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Friday, 11th July 2014, 05:00 PM IST Actor Jackie Shroff is all set to step into the shoes of Academy Award winning actor Nick Nolte, in the Hindi remake of Gavin O'Connor’s ‘The Warrior’.
The film talks about two brothers and their struggling relationship with each other and their father. Jackie will be playing the role of a drunkard father to the two brothers. Akshay Kumar and Sidharth Malhotra will be playing the siblings who find themselves opposite each other in a boxing ring.
Jackie confirmed the news saying, “Like with any role, be it ‘Parinda’, ‘Ram Lakhan’ or ‘Dhoom 3’, or any other film, I am excited about this one too. I have to shoot for this from September to January and we are working out the dates.” The film will be directed by Karan Malhotra. A source close to the film informed, “Jackie didn't take long to say yes. Karan (Malhotra) plans to tweak the role to suit the Indian audiences and both the director and producer agreed that Jackie will be a good fit for the role.” |