DNA (July 6, 2016)

Hrithik Roshan’s next film called Thug is said to be based on the novel Confession Of A Thug, written by Phillip Meadows Taylor in 1839 about the thuggee (an organised gang of professional robbers and murderers who killed travellers for money and valuables) cult in British India. The novel is based on the life of a real thug called Syeed Amir Ali and his father whom the author knew. A few years ago Sanjay Leela Bhansali was to start a film, Jhirni, based on the same novel, but that didn’t materialise. Amitabh Bachchan is playing Hrithik’s father in the film. Both Bhansali favourites. SLB would approve.