Before Fighter, Hrithik Roshan will be kickstarting the shoot of the Hindi remake of the hit Tamil film Vikram Vedha. The actor will be stepping into the shoes of Vijay Sethupathi who played the role of a gangster in the original film. While Saif Ali Khan will be playing the role which R Madhavan played originally. Now, we got our hands on an update about the shoot of the Hindi film.

As per reports, Hrithik will kickstart the shoot for the film in June this year. Talking about it, a source stated, “Hrithik will be starting shoot for the film in June. He is going to be seen playing a Gangster and will portray the role of Vedha in the film which is quite exciting. While some amount of preparation for the role is already going on for Hrithik, the month of May is going to be even more extensive with the prep for him.”

The film will be helmed by the director duo of Pushkar and Gayathri, who directed the original film as well. Currently, they are in the pre-production stage, locking things and gearing up for the impending shoot. 

This will be the second outing of Hrithik and Saif on the big screen after 20 years. They worked together for the first time in 2002 release Na Tum Jaano Na Hum alongside Esha Deol.

Meanwhile, Hrithik is also prepping for his digital debut and has Siddharth Anand’s Fighter lined up wherein he is paired opposite Deepika Padukone.