Now, we have got a recent update on that. A media portal revealed that Abhishek Bachchan will be seen playing the role of a corrupt politician in this political-comedy drama, titled Dasvi. The film was earlier scheduled to go on floors in June but was delayed due to the COVID-19 lockdown will now get into production early next year.
"Dasvi follows a corrupt illiterate Chief Minister played by Abhishek Bachchan who goes to jail and to avoid labour work that happens inside the prison -starts preparing for 10th class examination. Yami Gautam is said to be playing the role of a jailer who keeps a close tab on his activities while Nimrat Kaur will play Abhishek's wife. The film that marks the directorial debut of Tushar Jalota is well-written and narrates the importance of education so beautifully," revealed a media source.
Meanwhile, Abhishek is all set for the direct OTT release of his two forthcoming films. Anurag Basu's dark-comedy anthology Ludo premieres on 12 November on Netflix. Apart from that, Kookie Gulati's The Big Bull features him in the role of infamous stockbroker Harshad Mehta and is scheduled to arrive later this year on Disney+Hotstar.