Saif Ali Khan moves from Hunter to Tantrik

Saif Ali Khan seems to have a penchant for unusual film subjects. Last year, one saw him don the role of Sartaj Singh in the Netflix show Sacred Games and in the past, he has taken on interesting roles in films like Kaalakandi and Chef. Now, the actor will be seen in a film called Tantrik and has roped in Fatima Sana Shaikh to play the leading lady in the film.

A source in the know says, “Fatima has moved from Aamir Khan to Saif Ali Khan. The actress, who is working with Anurag Basu opposite Rajkummar Rao for his multi-starrer will wrap promotional work on that film and join Saif for filming Tantrik. Fatima has finished shooting her portions for the Basu film. Pawan Kripalani who has made a horror film Ragini MMS and then followed it up with a psychological thriller Phobia, now plans this film which is being billed as a horror comedy.”

Tantrik will mount the floorboards in the month of August and will be shot mostly in and around Mumbai.

Saif is also shooting for a film called Hunter in which he plays a Johnny-Depp-meets-Naga-Sadhu kind of a character.