Actor Saif Ali Khan arrived in Lucknow lately to begin filming for his forthcoming action thriller Vikram Vedha. Saif Ali Khan plays a cop in the film, which is a remake of the  2017 Tamil film of the same name (Vikram). The film is directed by Pushkar-Gayathri, who also directed the original.

Now that Saif Ali Khan has arrived in Lucknow, he is putting significant effort and hard work to prepare for his cop role. A source revealed, “This week, Saif Ali Khan kicked off his schedule for Vikram Vedha in Lucknow. Playing the role of an encounter cop in the film, Saif has been hard at work with his tough shooting schedule!”

With the remake of Vikram Vedha, the actor is likely to dazzle the audience with a thrilling performance. In the film, Saif plays Vikram, a cop who is motivated to apprehend a mobster (Vedha), played by Hrithik Roshan. The plot then shifts to Vedha narrating stories to the cop, which alters the cop’s sense of good and evil. Vikram and Vedha were originally played by R Madhavan and Vijay Sethupathi, respectively.

Apart from ‘Vikram Vedha,’,Saif Ali Khan will also be featured in ‘Adipurush,’ in which he will play a pivotal role. For this Om Raut directorial, in which he plays Lankesh, he has undergone a significant physical metamorphosis. Adipurush is a mythological film from India based on the Hindu epic Ramayana. Om Raut directed the film, which was produced by T-Series Films and Retrophiles.

Prabhas plays Adipurush, Kriti Sanon plays Sita, and Saif Ali Khan plays Lankesh in the film, which was shot simultaneously in Hindi and Telugu. Adipurush, a three-dimensional film, is one of the most expensive Indian films ever filmed. On August 11, 2022, the film will be released theatrically in Hindi and Telugu, as well as in dubbed versions in Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam.