Rajkumar Santoshi and Sunny Deol were the iconic director-actor duo of the 1990s with films like Ghayal, Damini, and Ghatak achieving iconic status. After this, both tried to come together again but things did not work out. But now after almost 27 years, both have joined hands for a film titled Lahore: 1947.

Santoshi shared this news. He also revealed that the film will go on floors soon and it will be "bigger" than his previous films with Sunny. “Yes, my immediate next film is called Lahore: 1947. It’s set against the backdrop of partition with Sunny Deol in lead. Sunny and I were trying to make a film for a long time, but nothing worked out. But now, I am confident that this film will be bigger than Ghayal, Damini and Ghatak,” said the filmmaker.

Sharing more details about the shoot, Santoshi added, “If everything goes as planned, we will take the film on floors from March 1 in Mumbai. We will be creating Lahore city in a studio. The set is a part of the story and a large chunk of film will be shot on this set. It’s a very ambitious film. This is my dream. I have been planning to make it for the last 10 years and things have finally fallen into place. I plan to wrap up Lahore: 1947 by May and then proceed to its post-production.”

Lahore: 1947 will be Sunny's second film on the Partition after the blockbuster Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001). Interestingly, a sequel to the film titled Gadar 2 is currently in the making.