Sidharth Malhotra in Ekta Kapoor’s next!

Sidharth Malhotra’s Aiyaary is up for release tomorrow. Although he’s let the world know that he is prepping for the biopic on slain Kargil martyr Vikram Batra, sources indicate that the financials on the film are still being worked out between Shabbir Boxwala and Dharma Productions. In one of our previous interviews with him, Sidharth had revealed, “I am in talks for a romantic film. It’s again the quintessential Hindi romance that I haven’t done for a while. Nothing has been locked yet. Once it is done, I will talk about it. But I have liked it for now.” We have got more details on that. Read on... 

IT’S BALAJI’S NEXT! 

The film Sid was referring to is apparently backed by Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Motion Pictures. Reveals a source from the team, “Sidharth and Ekta are reuniting for a romantic film after four years. They had delivered a hit Ek Villain in 2014 and now, the two are in talks for another film in the same space.” Another source close to the actor says, “Sidharth and Ekta have met a couple of times to discuss the movie, which is still in the scripting stage. But the idea has been bounced to Sidharth and he has liked it.”

WHICH ONE IS IT?

Ekta is already producing two films. The team just announced the project to be helmed by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari and the TV Czarina is also backing a sequel to Mohit Suri’s Ek Villain. Has Sid been signed on for the sequel? Our source tells us, “No, it’s not Ek Villain 2 or the film with Ashwiny. It’s a different film which will be directed by someone else.”