Shahid Kapoor and Ali Abbas Zafar
Shahid Kapoor and Ali Abbas Zafar Image Credit: twitter.com/shahidkapoor

Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor has kick-started shooting for ace filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar’s upcoming untitled action drama on Friday.

Taking to his Instagram Story, Kapoor announced the news by sharing a candid picture with the director and wrote, “Day 1. Blood...Crime...And Lots of action. Here we go.. @aliabbaszafar better get your game face on..”

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Shahid Kapoor. Image Credit: IANS

Zafar also shared the news on his Instagram handle and called the movie a ‘mad ride of guns and gangs’.

“Let’s get this started @shahidkapoor are you ready for a crazy, quirky, mad ride of guns & gangs,” he wrote.

This movie will mark the first collaboration of the ‘Kabir Singh’ actor and ‘Bharat’ director.

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Director Ali Abbas Zafar in Abu Dhabi. Image Credit: GN Archives

Reportedly, the film is an adaptation of the 2011 French film, ‘Nuit Blanche’, which has already been remade in Tamil and Telugu as ‘Thoongaa Vanam’ and ‘Cheekati Rajyam’ starring Kamal Hassan in the lead role.

If the reports are true, Kapoor will play the role of a cop chasing drug dealers.

Apart from this, Kapoor will also be seen in highly-anticipated movies like ‘Bull’ and ‘Jersey’. He also has Raj and DK’s untitled quirky drama thriller project co-starring Raashii Khanna.