Next, it's a thriller for Karan Johar & Alia Bhatt

Books have always been a major source of inspiration for films. And Bollywood for certain is happy to adapt literary works on celluloid.

The next book to be turned into a film is Harinder Sikka’s book Calling Sehmat. The espionage-thriller, revolving around the life of a Kashmiri girl who is married to a Pakistani army officer has caught filmmaker Karan Johar’s fancy.

According to a source, “Karan instantly fell in love with the thrilling story of the spy, who sacrificed everything she had for the nation and will be making the film in collaboration with another production house.”

If reports are to be believed, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil director’s favorite girl Alia Bhatt has been roped in to play the role of a spy in the film, which will be set in the backdrop of early 70s. Meghna Gulzar will be directing the thriller.

If all goes as planned, the yet untitled film will go on floors in June or July this year. Apparently, the film will not feature many action sequences since it is based on conditions that led to Indo-Pak war in 1971 but not the actual war. Instead the story will follow Alia Bhatt’s character of a spy as she juggles between responsibilities as a daughter and wife as well as duties towards her nation.

Watch this space for more updates on the film.

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