Kartik Aaryan to play Don Hussain Ustara in Vishal Bhardwaj's next thriller?

Kartik Aaryan has a busy schedule ahead of him with films like Chandu Champion and Freddy about to be released and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, co-starring Vidya Balan and Triptii Dimri, is being filmed. Amid this, it has been reported that he has been cast in Vishal Bhardwaj’s upcoming film. He will play the role of Don Hussain Ustara.

Hussain Ustara was a fearless don who stood against the underworld's kingpin, Dawood Ibrahim. Ustara's real name was Hussain Ahmed Khan, a smuggler and member of Dawood's gang, who died in 2002 following a cardiac arrest.

Vishal Bhardwaj has tweaked the project which was initially supposed to star Irrfan in the lead. It will be told from Ustara's point of view.

Vishal Bhardwaj has finally found his leading man for his long-delayed project on Don Hussain Ustara which was earlier titled Sapna Didi. After Ranveer Singh and others, he has finally zeroed in on actor Kartik Aaryan to play the lead, according to a recent post from film journalist Rahul Raut on his X account. This will mark the first time that Kartik Aaryan and Vishal Bhardwaj will work on a film together.

The report confirming the news read, “CONFIRMED!! Kartik Aaryan and Vishal Bhardwaj collaborate for a gritty thriller, produced by Sajid Nadiadwala… Kartik to play #HussainUstara, a fearless don who stood against the underworld's kingpin #DawoodIbrahim... It's reportedly the same Sapna Didi project Bhardwaj was once making with late Irrfan Khan and Deepika Padukone... The old script has been tweaked and will now be told from Ustara's perspective...”