Sunny Deol is on a signing spree! Post his not-so-successful political career, the action star is back to films and has okayed as many as five films. He recently completed shooting for R Balki's psychological thriller Chup, and will soon head to the filmmaker's next emotional family drama that features him alongside Shruti Hasan and Revathy. Deol has also announced two films with his long-time collaborator Anil Sharma — Gadar 2, and Apne 2, both scheduled to go on floors next year.

Now, Peepingmoon.com has learned that Sunny Deol has signed the Hindi remake of 2018 Malayalam crime-thriller Joseph. The Ghayal actor will be seen playing the role of Joju George and will essay a retired police officer with adept investigative skills in this film that develops through the life of four retired policemen. Chitrangda Singh who's been missing from the Bollywood limelight for the last three years has also been signed in to play a pivotal role. This film marks Singh's third new project after the upcoming thriller Bob Biswas with Abhishek Bachchan, and the recently-announced Pawan Kripalani's Gaslight co-starring Vikrant Massey and Sara Ali Khan.

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Filmmaker M Padmakumar who directed the original Malayalam film would helm the Hindi remake as well. He is currently in Mumbai to finalize the cast and crew and will kickoff the pre-production next month. Produced by Deepak Mukut of Sohum Rockstar Entertainment, the drama thriller is scheduled to go on floors in January in Rajasthan.

For the unversed, Sunny Deol has been trying to do a South film remake for the past three years now. The actor was first supposed to star in Suriya's Tamil hit S3's Hindi remake in 2018 but the film was put on the backburner due to his creative differences with choreographer and director Ravi K Chandran. He was then signed by his producer friend Anuj Sharma for the remake of Mohanlal's Oppum where he was supposed to play an ex-army officer. LIE director Hanu Raghavapudi was brought on board to helm it, however, that film was also shelved after he entered into politics. Prior to that, Deol was doing a period film with Rajkumar Santoshi which was shelved after some time due to financial issues.