Published 18:38 IST, November 5th 2019

Varun Dhawan signed for Sriram Raghavan's movie on Arun Khetarpal?

Varun Dhawan will be reportedly seen playing the role of Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal. The movie will be a biopic on the brave martyr directed by Sriram Raghavan.

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Varun Dhawan is reportedly signed to be a part of Sriram Raghavan's Ekkees. actor will be playing role of Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal. Arun Khetarpal is a recipient of Param Vir Chakra. Ekkees is going to be a biopic on Arun, who is an Indian Army Officer.

actor shared this news on his Instagram as well:

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This is t first time when Varun Dhawan will be playing a serious role. He showed his rugged talent in movies Badlapur and Kalank. According to a report in a leading newspaper daily, title of movie is t yet confirmed. Reports claim that title is possibly Ekkees, as Arun was just 21 years old when he was martyred. report also claimed that first look along with poster of movie will be out in December.

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Producer Dinesh Vijan has talked about this project in an interview with a news portal. He said that Ekkees is a prized project. He also said that y will start with work after release of Coolie . 1. He shared that y have started with pre-production work of movie as it is a big project. entire pre-production will take about six months to complete.

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Dinesh has also worked with Varun and Sriram in movie Badlapur. Talking about reuniting with two, Dinesh said that Sriram has been doing wonderful work when it comes to movies like Andhadhun. He also talked about his personal connection with movie. He lost his far and Ekkees has a strong far-son story roped in. 

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Varun Dhawan will be seen next in movie Coolie . 1. movie also stars Sara Ali Khan. It will be a David Dhawan directed movie.

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17:26 IST, November 5th 2019