Ranveer Singh post Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus Padmaavat has an interesting line-up of films for 2018-19. The actor has two highly anticipated films in the works – Zoya Akhtar’s Gully Boy and Rohit Shetty’s Simmba. He will star opposite Alia Bhatt in Gully Boy and will team up with Sara Ali Khan in Simmba. He is also slated to be a part of Kabir Khan’s ’83 based on the life of former cricketer Kapil Dev. Now, the news is coming in that the actor will also be seen in the next directorial venture of Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra.

The Rang De Basanti director is planning two films – one is based on Kabaddi and the other is an emotional drama about father-son relationship. Reportedly, Ranveer is in talks with the director to star in one of these films. A leading daily reported, “Ranveer and Rakeysh met and discussed about working together. The filmmaker has bounced off the ideas to Ranveer, but nothing has been locked yet. They are going to have a few more meetings before they zero in on the film." The actor recently met the director at his office and pictures of the meet soon started doing the rounds of the internet as the buzz was strong that the two will be collaborating soon for a project.

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Ranveer is currently prepping up for his film Simmba,  and his beefed up frame for the role is talk of the town these days. Earlier, talking about the film, Ranveer had said, “My home territory is ‘Simmba’ which is (full of) herogiri. It is something that I always wanted be, which is an action hero. As a kid you fantasize about those larger-than-life characters, dialogues, big action sequences, muscles and all. With this film, we are clear that we are making a high octane, front-footed entertainer, which is big on comedy, drama and romance. It is a quintessential entertainer.”

The actor also spoke highly about Rohit Shetty and said, “I feel lucky to be collaborating with him. I admire and respect him. There is nobody who does this genre better than him. It is sad that some of the exceptional work that he does in terms of craft goes unnoticed because he does these big commercial films. I have been watching his work closely. His craft is matchless, like how he stages a scene… He is an immensely gifted filmmaker.” Simmba is slated to release on December 28, 2018.