Neeraj Pandey, Ajay Devgn's 'Chanakya' to go on floors in October

Filmmaker Neeraj Pandey says his upcoming feature film "Chanakya", starring Ajay Devgn, is currently in pre-production, gearing to go on floors by October. Ajay will essay eponymous role in "Chanakya", a historical drama on master ecomist and royal visor to first Mauryan emperor Chandragupta.

" film is going on floors in October. Right w we are working hard on project. I don't have any expectations before starting a project as I believe in doing our best. That's what focus will be even with this film," Neeraj told PTI.  project will mark first collaboration between Ajay and Neeraj, who is kwn to helm acclaimed films, including "A Wednesday", "Special 26", "Baby" and "MS Dhoni".

Neeraj Pandey to don director's hat for a Hotstar Original series

"It is an out and out period film. This will be new for me. We are going back to Mauryan era, in ancient India. I hope it's exciting and interesting for audience. Work is on in full swing, we are right w prepping for it," filmmaker ded. re were also reports that filmmaker will helm a biopic on Ajit Doval, National Security visor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Neeraj, however, denied on having any such project on cards.

Neeraj is currently gearing up for "Special Ops", an action-packed spy thriller series which he has co-directed with Shivam Nair. Mounted on international scale, Hotstar Special marks digital debut of director. Based on events of national significance spanning a period of 19 years, series features Kay Kay Men, Karan Tacker, Divya Dutta, Sana Khan, Vinay Pathak among ors. 

Kajol shares a 'selfie' ed by Ajay Devgn but with a twist; check it out