High on the success of Total Dhamaal (2019), filmmaker Indra Kumar had announced the sequel to the comic caper. However, before he rolls out the ensemble comedy, the director will wield the directorial baton for a project featuring Ajay Devgn and Sidharth Malhotra. mid-day has learnt that the two-hero film will be a departure from the mindless entertainers that Kumar is known for, and will drive home a social message, laced with comedy.

A trade source says, "The filmmaker had narrated three scripts to Ajay. Since he has done a spate of serious movies including biopics, actioners and historical dramas, the actor was looking for a light-hearted comedy. Ajay zeroed in on this script as he liked the larger point the story tried to make while eliciting laughs. The film is along the lines of the Munna Bhai series as it revolves around two bumbling do-gooders with hearts of gold, who are out to reform society. It has been Indra Kumar's passion project; he had been scripting it for years. He is thrilled that the story will finally be translated on screen."