A yet-untitled franchise film will be Alia’s first mystery drama and will see her playing the role of a young girl who’s thrown into solving a murder, and teams up with an unlikely companion to solve the case. Adaptation of a popular Agatha Christie novel based in snowy mountains, the first film in the series will be about the making of two detectives. It tells the story of a murder that takes place in a misty Himalayan hill resort and how a couple who are not designated detectives unwittingly begin sleuthing to get to the bottom of the crime. The future films will follow the duo as they continue to investigate multiple murder mysteries.
This will be directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. Sources close to the development say that Alia has given her verbal nod and is waiting for the final narration before signing on the dotted line. The discussions so far are said to have been extremely positive and they will announce it officially once all the modalities are locked. “It’s almost certain that Alia Bhatt and Vishal Bhardwaj are collaborating. The director is keen to roll the film in January or February and Alia’s dates are being worked out accordingly. However, it’s yet unclear when the film will really get off the ground considering the uncertainty due to the second phase of the lockdown.
The project requires to be shot in frosty Himalayan towns and hence if they don’t start the production in January in Uttarakhand (as planned) they will have to shoot the film in foreign later in the second half of 2021.””Vishal Bhardwaj has created a fictional world out of Agatha Christie novels. He has adapted her book very differently and has made it a story of a pair of young Investigators looking to take over the world with their intelligence and charm. Bhardwaj is currently giving the final touches to his script and will soon visit Alia for the final narration,” the source further added.
Alia to star in murder mystery
