Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi is all set to star in the upcoming flick, 'Father's Day'.Directed by Shantanu Baagchi, the flick will be based on the life of Suryakant Bhande Patil, India's top detective who solved 120 child kidnapping cases for free. "Emraan Hashmi in #FathersDay... Based on the life of Suryakant Bhande Patil, a detective who has solved 120 child kidnapping cases for free... Ad man Shantanu Baagchi to direct... Written by Ritesh Shah... Produced by Emraan Hashmi, Priya Gupta and Kalpana Udyawar... Starts 2019", film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh announced on Twitter.
Taking to Twitter, the 'Jannat' star confirmed the news, writing, "Excited to announce my film 'Father's day' based on the life of Suryakant Bhande Patil, India's top detective who has solved 120 child kidnapping cases for free. Directed by Shantanu Baagchi, written by @writish. Produced by @emraanhfilms & @mataramfilms".
Meanwhile, Emraan will also be seen with Rishi Kapoor in Jeethu Joseph's debut Bollywood movie, and with newbie Shreya Dhanwanthary in 'Cheat India'.The movie is jointly produced by actor Emraan Hashmi, Bhushan Kumar's T-Series and Kasbekar and Tanuj Garg's Ellipsis Entertainment. The tweet from the official Twitter account of Ellipsis Entertainment read: "We begin our journey of "cheating" today! 'Cheat India'. Shoot begins. Releasing 25.01.2019."
The film will be directed by Soumik Sen, who has previously written the screenplay for films such as "Anthony Kaun Hai?" and "Meerabai Not Out". In 2014 he directed and wrote the screenplay and composed the songs of "Gulaab Gang".