The war drama boasts of an exciting established starcast including Abhishek Bachchan, Jackie Shroff, Suniel Shetty and now yet another name who has been added to the list is Gurmeet Choudhary.
Gurmeet is playing a Major and the veteran filmmaker is happy to have him on board for his mega movie as he hails from the family of an absolute army background.
The popular star recently took to Twitter to share this great news with his followers and fans.
Gurmeet says, “It’s a huge honour to work with JP sir. Since my father has served the army and his country for several years, I’ve been obliged to play a soldier on the big screen. Also I feel bringing the life of an army soldier alive on screen would be a very interesting journey. It’s a gift to my father!”
“Paltan”, which is based on the 1962 Indo-China war, also stars Arjun Rampal, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Pulkit Samrat, Suniel Shetty, Jackie Shroff, Luv Sinha, Siddhanth Kapoor in important roles
Produced by JP Films and directed by Dutta, the film will go on the floors later this year and is slated for a Summer 2018 release.