Actor Aamir Khan is joining producers Siddharth Roy Kapur and Ronnie Screwvala to make Salute, a biopic on India’s first astronaut Rakesh Sharma.
The project will be jointly produced by the three under their banners AKP, RSVP and Roy Kapur Films respectively, read a statement from the film’s publicist.
Salute will be Khan’s second biopic after the grand success of “Dangal”.
The biopic will be helmed by Mahesh Mathai.
Khan has worked with both the producers for films such as Rang De Basanti, Delhi Belly, PK and Dangal.
At the moment, Khan is busy shootig Vijay Krishna Acharya’s Thugs of Hindostan, which also stars Amitabh Bachchan and Katrina Kaif.
