Indian auteur Anurag Kashyap is set to trade his director’s chair for a police badge in the upcoming bilingual action drama “Dacoit – Ek Prem Katha,” toplining Adivi Sesh and Mrunal Thakur.
The addition of Kashyap to the high-octane film marks the latest casting coup for the project, which is shooting simultaneously in the Hindi and Telugu languages. The filmmaker-actor will portray a fearless inspector characterized as a devout follower of the Hindu God Ayyappa with zero tolerance for corruption. His character is written as sharp-minded, witty, and sarcastic, according to the filmmakers.
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