Vicky Kaushal options out of Veeram remake

The Asian Age.

Entertainment, Bollywood

Titled Land Of Lungi, the film is a full-on laugh riot that will be directed by comedy king Farhad Samji.

Vicky Kaushal

News about the Hindi remake of Tamil film Veeram has been making rounds for a while now. Titled Land Of Lungi, the film is a full-on laugh riot that will be directed by comedy king Farhad Samji.

The script first went to Akshay Kumar, but due to his packed schedule, he couldn’t do the film. Later, Vicky Kaushal was approached for the film and he was keen to do it. But now, according to a source, Vicky won’t be part of this project because of date issues.

The Uri actor has a packed schedule, with some great films on his plate — he is busy shooting for the Uddham Singh biopic, and will also be seen in Takht, Bhoot and Meghna Gulzar’s next.

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