‘Akshaye Khanna said Dhurandhar fandom too shall pass’: Siddharth P Malhotra on Ikka | Bollywood News
Sunny Deol is set to return to the courtroom in the upcoming Netflix legal thriller Ikka, where he locks horns with Akshaye Khanna. But there’s a twist. Instead of facing off against each other, the two powerhouse actors find themselves on the same side, taking on Tilotoma Shome in court. Of course, Ikka, the ‘ace,’ has a few tricks up its sleeve, making the courtroom drama even more compelling. In an exclusive conversation with SCREEN, director Siddharth P Malhotra opens up about his love for the genre, balancing Deol’s legacy with a fresh legal avatar, working with Khanna after Dhurandhar, and why he believes today’s audiences have become increasingly unforgiving. Excepts edited for clarity and brevity What keeps drawing you back to courtroom dramas? I have a third script that I’m working on, which is also in a similar genre. Then it would be my courtroom trilogy. (Laughs) I don’t know what it is about the genre. This is a subject I’ve had since my first film, We’re a Family. This is actually the first …





