'Never-before-seen experience': Ranveer Singh on Atlee's Allu Arjun-Deepika Padukone fantasy epic | AA22 x A6

Ranveer Singh, who worked with Atlee on an ad alongside Bobby Deol and Sreeleela, said the director's upcoming big-budget fantasy epic headlined by Allu Arjun and Deepika Padukone promises big things.

Talking to members of the press, Singh shared he had been to the project's sets to see what the team was cooking and what he saw there excited him. "I happened to visit him (Atlee) on the sets of his current film because my wife (Deepika) was shooting with him. You may have heard it before, but you can take it from me, he is creating something that you may have never experienced in Indian cinema before."

Backed by Sun Pictures, the movie, tentatively titled AA22 x A6, sees Deepika reteaming with Atlee after their successful collaboration on the Shah Rukh Khan-fronted Jawan.

Singh added that his admiration for Atlee goes back many years, even before the latter made his Bollywood debut. "Before he became a household name with Jawan and emerged as the biggest director in India, I had messaged him after Mersal (2017) and I was like, 'I love your cinema, you should come to Mumbai, and we should make some movies together'. This was back then. I wanted to collaborate with Atlee sir." 

Singh also revealed himself to be a Bobby Deol fanboy. The actor had a cameo alongside the Gupt star in Aryan Khan's Netflix series The Ba**ds of Bollywood. 

"Everybody now-a-days talk about Animal, Ba***ds of Bollywood, which has become the biggest streaming show of all-time. It was led by this fine artist (Deol). It was a blast to be with him. It is undoubtedly Lord Bobby renaissance era. I saw it before it happened. I was like, Bobby sir is on to something, if you haven't seen Love Hostel," said Ranveer.

Ranveer was last seen in Rohit Shetty's multi-starrer Singham Again as ACP Sangram "Simmba" Bhalerao, alongside Deepika and Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Katrina Kaif, Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor. 

The Gully Boy actor will be next seen in Uri fame Aditya Dhar's Dhurandhar, set for release on December 5, 2025. It is said to be an espionage thriller set in the 1970s across India and Pakistan, with Singh playing an undercover agent. 

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