Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt has been roped in for a sports drama titled Toolsidas Junior. The film is based on a snooker champion to be played by child actor Varun Buddhadev. The film also stars Rajiv Kapoor, brother of late Rishi Kapoor in a prominent role.

Producers Ashutosh Gowariker and Bhushan Kumar made the announcements on their respective social media handles on Friday. While Ashutosh and Bhushan have collaborated earlier for music in Swades and other films, this would be their first joint film production.

A music association now steps up to become a movie collaboration.Get your cue sticks ready as Toolsidas Junior is coming soon, tweeted filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker while sharing the poster of the fim.

Toolsidas Junior will be written and directed by Mridul, who previously co-directed and co-directed Missed call. The movie represented India at the  Cannes Film Festival in 2006. It is also enlisted in the Films Division’s honour list of Best of Indian Cinema.

The veteran actor Dalip Tahil will feature in a negative character, playing the role of a snooker champion in the film. Filmmaker Ashutosh had earlier spoken about taking Dalip for the role in a press statement.

The film will also mark the comeback of Rajiv Kapoor after a gap of 30 years. He was last seen in the 1990 film Zameendar. Going by reports, Sanjay will feature as a snooker coach while Rajiv Kapoor will be portraying Varun Buddhadev’s father in the film. However, the details about the characters have not been officially revealed as of now.

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Meanwhile, Sanjay had taken minor break from work as he diagnosed cancer in October. The actor recovered last month from the illness, and has resumed his work now. His upcoming projects include KGF: Chapter 2, Prithviraj, Bhuj: The Pride of India and Torbaaz. He was last seen in Mahesh Bhatt’s Sadak 2.

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