Akshaye Khanna, who unexpectedly encountered stardom with Dhurandhar, where he played a chillingly convincing villain, was hoping to showcase his versatility as an actor with a hero’s role in his next-released film. But he finds that audiences will see him in back-to-back antagonist roles, as Siddharth P Malhotra’s Ikka is gearing to release on Netflix.
According to a reliable source, Akshaye had hoped that his Telugu debut Mahakali, in which he plays Asura Guru Shukracharya, the protagonist, would follow on Dhurandhar’s heels. The full-length role as a spiritual guru shows him in a very different light from the assassin in the Ranveer Singh-starrer.
However, Ikka, which he had signed during his lean phase, was shot before Dhurandhar took Indian cinema by storm, and is due for release shortly. It is a courtroom drama featuring Sunny Deol as a lawyer fighting a high-profile case against a white-collar criminal played by Akshaye.
Ikka also stars Dia Mirza and Tillotama Shome in pivotal roles. The film was announced as a part of Netflix’s upcoming slate of projects recently at the event Netflix What Next in Mumbai.
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