Vickey Lalwani (MUMBAI MIRROR; February 10, 2014)

Sequels continue to be the flavour of the season. And now Aryeman Ramsay, son of the late Keshu Ramsay is all set to roll out the second part of his father’s 2004 hit film Khakee. Thirty-three-year old Aryeman, who debuted as an actor with his homeproduction Family - Ties of Blood (2006), co-starring Amitabh Bachchan and Akshay Kumar, will co-produce the sequel with Rahul Sugandh, son of Hari Sugandh. Confirming the development, Aryeman told Mirror, “I had been thinking of producing a film for a while now. And what better than a follow-up to my dad’s Khakee?”

 Khakee starring Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Tusshar Kapoor, revolved around an Indian police team’s mission to transfer a Pakistani spy from a remote town in Maharashtra to a Mumbai jail. The film was later remade in Telugu as Satyameva Jeyathe.

Rajkumar Santoshi had directed the original and Aryeman is in talks with him for the sequel too. “Santoshi sir did a marvellous job with the original,” he says. Reportedly Santoshi is considering the offer.

 Aryeman will be talking to Bachchan who played DCP Anant Kumar Shrivastav, and Tusshar who enacted the role of Sub-Inspector Ashwin Gupte, for his film. “Akshay, Ajay and Aishwarya died in the first part so they cannot be a part of the sequel,” he reasons.

The film will go on floors early next year.