John Abraham will be playing the lead in the South superhit titled Ayyappanum Koshiyum to be remade in Hindi. Recently there were reports that Abhishek Bachchan will be playing the second lead in the film but now there has been a change on that front. Arjun Kapoor has been brought on board to play that role while Jr Bachchan will no longer be a part of the project. John has shared screen space with Kapoor as well as Bachchan previously. With Kapoor in the soon to release Ek Villain Returns and with AB in Dostana and Dhoom.

 

The Ayyappanum Koshiyum remake will be directed by Jagan Shakti of Mission Mangal fame and will go on floors by Novemebr 2021. John will be essaying the role of Biju Menon while Arjun will take on the role of Prithviraj. Both the characters will have shades of grey and be egoistic negative individuals. The prep work for the film has already begin. Currently John and Arjun are shooting for the second schedule of Mohit Suri’s Ek Villain Returns also starring Disha Patani and Tara Sutaria.