After the Priyanka Chopra Jonas-starrer Jai Gangaajal (2016), Prakash Jha has announced his next directorial venture, Pareeksha, which stars Adil Hussain, Priyanka Bose and Sanjay Suri. The film is about an autorickshaw driver who takes children to school daily and dreams of giving the same quality education to his own child, Jha said.

The filmmaker is known to explore true-to-life stories set in the heartland. This time, however, he takes a detour from his trademark cop dramas to take on the education system again after Aarakshan (2011).