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John Abraham announced that the shoot for his film 'Tehran' has come to an end.Taking to Instagram, John dropped a video announcing the film's wrap."It's a wrap on #Tehran! Thank you to the entire team for making it such a wonderful shoot experience. Can't wait to bring this one to you," he captioned the clip.Inspired by true events, Tehran is written by Ritesh Shah and Ashish Prakash Verma and marks the feature directorial debut of ad filmmaker Arun Gopalan. The film also stars former Miss World Manushi Chhillar, who made her acting debut with Akshay Kumar-starrer Samrat Prithviraj earlier this year.Reportedly, 'Tehran' is a geo-political thriller.

Directed by Amit Ravindernath Sharma of the 'Badhai Ho' fame, 'Maidaan' also features Priyamani, Gajraj Rao and the well known Bengali actor Rudranil Ghosh.The film is produced by Zee Studios, Boney Kapoor, Akash Chawla, and Arunava Joy Sengupta. Screenplay and dialogues are written by Saiwyn Quadras and Ritesh Shah respectively.'Maidaan' is based on the golden years of Indian football. Ajay will portray Syed Abdul Rahim who served as coach and manager of Indian football team from 1950 until his death in 1963. The film's team faced a lot of difficulties while shooting 'Maidaan' especially during Covid-19 times. In 2020, producer Boney Kapoor had to dismantle the film set due to the lockdown imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic. In May 2021, the set of 'Maidaan' was destroyed by Cyclone Tauktae.The release date of the film has changed multiple times. Now it will finally release on February 17.

Maddock Films has delivered some memorable blockbuster and content-rich movies like Badlapur, Stree, Bala, Mimi and has never failed to entertain the audiences with its variety of offerings! To add to their filmography, Maddock Films announces its next, an action-thriller Tehran starring John Abraham, directed by Arun Gopalan and written by Ritesh Shah and Ashish Prakash Verma. The film is inspired by true events.The official announcement was made on Tuesday as John Abraham wrote, "Get set for an action-packed Republic Day 2023. Thrilled to announce my next, #Tehran! Directed by #ArunGopalan, produced by #DineshVijan, @ShobhnaYadava, @LeyzellSandeep. Written by @writish & @ashishpverma."Get set for an action packed Republic Day 2023. Thrilled to announce my next, The movie is slated to have a Republic Day release next year- 26 January 2023. A Maddock Films production in association with, Bake my Cake films, the film is produced by Dinesh Vijan, Shobhna Yadav, and Sandeep Leyzell.

Ajay Devgn may be busy with his films but he is also working on several productions. Now we hear that Devgn will soon be developing a biopic based on the life of the Ramsay Brothers. In fact, Ajay Devgn will be producing the venture while Priti Sinha has acquired the rights to the Ramsay Brothers story, collaborating with them on this project is Ritesh Shah, who will be penning the venture. Talking about the project Priti Sinha, daughter of producer Vinay Sinha, shares, The late shri Tulsi Ramsay and Shyam Ramsay along with every member of the Ramsay family instilled their faith in us by giving us their biopic rights. Ajay and I are honoured and excited to depict the fascinating journey of passion, hardships and immense success of 3 Generations of the Ramsay family who successfully set up the horror empire in India. Ramsay Brothers, who are regarded as pioneers of the horror genre in India, had helmed by the projects like Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche Guest House Veerana Purana Mandir Purani Haveli Darwaza and Bandh Darwaza.ALSO READ: EXCLUSIVE! AJAY DEVGN in Sanjay Leela Bhansalis next Gangubai Kathiawadi, with Alia Bhatt!

After Airlift and Satyameva Jayate , T -Series Bhushan Kumar and Nikkhil Advani will be collaborating on Batla House which will be directed by Nikkhil Advani himself. John Abraham will be leading the movie as Sanjeev Kumar Yadav as the one who spearheaded the Batla House encounter. The thriller drama will be written by Ritesh Shah who has worked with Nikkhil before. While the project is under pre-production and will soon go on floor, it has been learned that the makers have found their leading lady in Mrunal Thakur. According to a source, Television actress Mrunal Thakur will be starring in Batla House.While it is unclear whether she is paired opposite John Abraham or not, it seems like the actress has bagged yet the big project. As the film will focus on several perspectives of the Batla House operation, it will be interesting to watch Mrunal get into gritty drama with this film. Mrunal Thakur, after working several years on Ekta Kapoor s leading TV show Kumkum Bhagya, will be making her big Bollywood debut with Love Sonia.After that, she will be starring in Super 30 alongside Hrithik Roshan. Batla House will be third big project in films. For the uninitiated, Batla House is based on the encounter that happened in Delhi between the police officials and the terrorist group, Indian Mujahideen. In fact, there have been theories floating about the operation. Some police officials reportedly too were blamed for it claiming that it was an intentional encounter. Keeping the sensitivity of the matter in mind, Nikkhil Advani had earlier revealed that Batla House will retain all perspectives in mind. He mentioned that the encounter case will be seen from three different perspectives, one of the police, one of those present at the location and the real picture. DCP Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, the role that will be essayed by John Abraham, has eight President Gallantry Awards and has won one of them for executing this operation. Also Read: Bhushan Kumar, Nikkhil Advani, and John Abraham join hands for Batla House