Siddhant Chaturvedi's action creature film Ramree shelved due to budget constraints

Siddhant Chaturvedi

Hindi cinema hasn't quite explored the genre of action creature films. Siddhant Chaturvedi's next, an ambitious film by Netflix India, was to fill that gap. However, mid-day has now learnt that the project has been shelved. Sources revealed that budgeting became an issue for the film, which was to be helmed by debutant director Neha Sharma.

Tentatively titled Ramree, the two-hero movie was reportedly set in 1945 and to be produced by Ajay Devgn. A source said, "Work on the film had been going on for over a year. Given the subject and the period setting, it was an expensive project. For an OTT film, this would have set a benchmark in scale and imagination, but budget constraints caught up with it. Even though the platform heads were excited about the story, there was too much at stake financially. So, they decided to not move forward with it."

Mohit Raina

Another insider shared that a movie being put on pause is a common occurrence in the streaming world, where a project is considered greenlit in the true sense only when it goes on floors. "Ramree was an idea in development that did not move forward, a natural part of the creative process where multiple concepts are explored. While some take shape, some don't," added the source.

Neha Sharma, who previously wrote ‘The Zoya Factor' (2019) and ‘Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive' (2016), was to turn director with this project

Reports suggest that the two-hero film, tentatively titled ‘Ramree', was to star Mohit Raina alongside Siddhant Chaturvedi