Sam Bahadur: Raazi actor Vikas Shukla reunites with Vicky Kaushal in Meghna Gulzar directorial

Sam Bahadur is one of the highly anticipated war movies by Meghna Gulzar after Raazi. The film, which stars Vicky Kaushal, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra and Manoj Bajpayee, is based on the life of India's first Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw and his achievements.

Not only Kaushal but the filmmaker has also reunited with actor Vikas Shukla after Raazi, which also starred Alia Bhatt. Talking about how he landed again to work with the ace director, Shukla mentioned how she still remembered him after 5 years and told him to test for a role in her upcoming venture.

According to a recent report on ETimes, Shukla shared that he played the role of a small raw agent in Raazi, however, Gulzar still remembered him from there and 5 years later she called him to test for this role in Sam Bahadur. He further unveiled that after testing he bagged the role of Sam Manekshaw's elder brother in the film.

"She is absolutely an amazing human and a passionate filmmaker as all we know. Her body of work is just beyond the word. She is very specific about the characters' looks and their appearances," Shukla also spoke about his experience of working with Gulzar.

The upcoming war drama movie also features Edward Sonnenblick, Richard Bhakti Klein, Sammy Jonas Heaney, Neeraj Kabi, Saqib Ayub, Jaskaran Singh Gandhi, Krishnakant Singh Bundela, Keita Arai, Ed Robinson, Rajiv Kachroo and Paul O'Neill in important roles.

Written by Gulzar herself along with Bhavani Iyer and Shantanu Srivastava, Sam Bahadur is bankrolled by Ronnie Screwvala under RSVP Movies and is slated to release in theatres on December 1, 2023.