Rajkumar Santoshi

Plagued with budget issues, Rajkumar Santoshi's ambitious film based on the Battle of Saragarhi failed to take off. After a year of brooding over its ill-fate, the filmmaker has decided to forego his labour of love and set his sights on a new project. mid-day has learnt that Santoshi has been signed on by Aanand L Rai to helm a drama. An insider reveals, "Aanand sir had the outline of a human drama in mind and he couldn't think of anyone better than Santoshi to direct it. He thought it was a story right up Santoshi's alley, and one can draw parallels between the storyline and his earlier films like Damini [1993] or Ghayal [1990]. He gave Santoshi a call and a meeting later, the filmmaker was on board."