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Anurag Kashyap’s Malayalam film Rifle Club and Tamil film Maharaja received widespread acclaim from both critics and audiences. In recent years, he has shifted his focus from Bollywood to the South Indian film industry.
The Mohanlal Connection: What Could Have Been?
But did you know that one of his last Bollywood directorial films was originally supposed to be a Malayalam film? Yes, you read that correctly! Kennedy, his last feature-length Bollywood film—which has yet to be theatrically released to the general public—was initially envisioned as a Mollywood movie with Mohanlal in the lead. The film was supposed to be directed by Anurag Kashyap’s longtime collaborator and cinematographer, Rajeev Ravi, but unfortunately, it didn’t materialize. Instead, the story was reworked into Kennedy.
Sudhir Mishra was the one who initially told this story to Anurag Kashyap. Kashyap said, “The central character of Kennedy, an undercover cop named Uday Shetty, has stayed with me for a long time.” He also mentioned that there is a possibility of a sequel web series, where the protagonist of Kennedy survives the events of the film and continues his journey.
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