Kriti Sanon is surely gearing herself up for establishing herself more convincingly in the Hindi film industry as the actress has back to back projects lined up ahead of her. Kriti earlier bagged Sajid Nadiadwala's 'Bachchan Pandey' where Akshay Kumar will be playing the titular role and will be seen in a different avatar. There were rumours that Kriti was earlier said to play the role of a journalist in the film but that is surely untrue. Now we have got a recent update on Kriti's role in the film and it is learned that reportedly Kriti will be essaying the role of a director in the film.

"Bachchan Pandey is actually a remake of Jigarthanda that starred Bobby Simha, Lakshmi Menon and Siddharth. The makers Sajid Nadiadwala had been planning to initially remake the film with a different case and at that point, Bachchan Pandey was supposed to be a remake of Veeram. Now, the whole script has changed and they have reversed the gender of Siddharth's role in the remake.", a media source revealed.

"Not a journalist, Kriti will be playing a director who meets a dreaded gangster (Akshay Kumar) as part of her research on a film on gangsterism. Kriti will actually play the same role as essayed by Siddharth in the original. Akki plays Bobby's part whereas a leading lady will be roped in as his love interest in the film. Keeping the essence of the film, the makers have tweaked the script a bit and adapted it into a Hindi screenplay.", the source further added.

`Akshay, along with actress Kriti Sanon, director Farhad Samji and the rest of the unit will fly to Jaisalmer in a charter for a marathon schedule of over 2 months during which they will be shooting in real locations. Last month, the production team secured all the requisite permissions and taken care of all the government guidelines and locked the shooting locations,` revealed another media source.

Speaking about the film, directed by Farhad Samji, Bachchan Pandey is an upcoming action film that was initially planned as a remake of Veeram (2014), but the film follows an original script by Kuttanda and Samji. The film is all set to release in 2021.