Sanjay Gupta and Apoorva Lakhia are pairing up to make a realisticly original movie. The movie is based on a shootout incident that happened in Mumbai’s posh Lokhandwala area and will be titled ‘Shootout’ or ‘Shootout at Lokhandwala’. Gupta’s favorite actor Sanjay Dutt will be repeated in this one too.

Lakhia (Ek Ajnabee) and Gupta’s (Zinda) last films were blatant copies of foreign films but this time two have decided to make a movie on real life incident. The film is going to be yet another thriller by Sanjay Gupta’s production company White Feather Films.

Apart from Sanjay Dutt, ‘Shootout’ will star Arjun Rampal, Javed Jaffery. Search is on for the female leads and two more male actors. Lakhia and Gupta are said to have talked with Vivek Oberoi and Emraan Hashmi for the roles but nothing has been finalized as yet.

The movie is inspired from the incident that took place in a Lokhandwala flat in 1992 when the then additional commissioner of police, Aftaab Ahmed Khan had killed ringleader Maya Dolas and Dilip Bua. After the encounter Khan had faced praise along with criticism. This movie deals with the aftermath of an encounter.

The script has been written by Suresh Nair and music is by bands like Euphoria, Indian Ocean and Strings. Shibani Kashyap and Biddu also have a part to play in the music of this film. The film will be shot in Mumbai and its outskirts. Shooting for ‘Shootout’ will most likely begin by August and will reportedly be shot in a single 40-day schedule.