Filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar has confirmed that his next, a reboot of the 1998 movie Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, will be going on floors by the end of this year.

With this, Zafar has put speculations about the film being shelved to rest. Clearing the air in an exclusive chat with us, he says, “This is absolutely baseless. We are very much on track and there’s no truth to the shelving rumours.”

Divulging further details about the Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff-starrer, the director adds, “We are currently working on the pre-production. I don’t know where these rumours are coming from. For a film of this large scale, months of pre-production is needed. We will go on floors by the end of this year or early next year and shoot in the UK.”

The speculations were rife after actor Kamaal R Khan aka KRK tweeted, ‘Producer, director Ali Abbas Zafar has decided to not make film #bademiyanchotemiyan with Akshay and Tiger...”

While the original starred actors Amitabh Bachchan and Govinda, the reboot will star Kumar and Shroff. An announcement video was released back in February and the movie is expected to hit the screens around Christmas 2023.