Rohit Shetty goes to make use of all his expertise of constructing the cop universe to inform presumably his profession’s most vital story. In 2021, the filmmaker introduced that he is making the biopic of Rakesh Maria, the celebrated former Commissioner of Mumbai Police. Now, in an interview on The Lallantop, Rohit has defined why it is changing into a “problem” to forged the biopic. (Also Read: Indian Police Force review: Rohit Shetty goes long, but not higher in debut web series with Sidharth Malhotra)

What Rohit stated

When requested if the casting for the Rakesh Maria biopic has been finished, Rohit stated, “Abhi tak nahi ki. Karni hai. Kyunki kahani unki 1985 se Taj assault tak hai. So ek younger boy se leke 50 years ka aadmi, wahan tak ki life ki kahani hai. Toh uski casting mein thodi si downside aa rahi hai (We have not locked the casting, we’re but to do it. Because his story goes from 1985 until the 26/11 Mumbai terror assaults. So his life story travels from a younger boy to a 50-year-old man. So we’re dealing with a slight downside in his casting,” Rohit explained in the interview. 

He additionally added that he’ll begin capturing the biopic as soon as he is completed his subsequent cop universe film, Singham Again, which is slated to launch this Independence Day.

About Rakesh Maria

Rakesh Maria, an IPS officer from 1981 batch, cracked the 1993 Bombay serial blasts case as the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic). He later served as DCP (Crime), Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) and was appointed the Commissioner of Mumbai Police in 2014. In 2015, he was promoted as the Director General of Home Guards. Rakesh retired in 2017.

During his tenure, Rakesh also solved the 2003 Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar twin blasts case. He was also given the responsibility of investigating the 26/11 Mumbai attacks in 2008 and interrogated Ajmal Kasab, the only terrorist captured alive.

The biopic is an adaptation of his 2020 autobiography Let Me Say It Now.

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