{"id":256057,"date":"2025-12-29T12:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T12:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/256057\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T12:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T12:01:08","slug":"ek-deewane-ki-deewaniyat-star-harshvardhan-rane-to-headline-ektaa-r-kapoors-crime-film-shootout-in-dubai-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/256057\/","title":{"rendered":"Ek Deewane ki Deewaniyat’ star Harshvardhan Rane to headline Ektaa R Kapoor\u2019s crime film ‘Shootout in Dubai’ – Reports |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"EkHarshvardhan Rane will headline the third \u2018Shootout\u2019 film, \u2018Shootout in Dubai\u2019, taking the franchise outside Mumbai for the first time. The story is entirely fictional, designed for a slick, international scale. In development since 2021, the script went through six drafts before Ektaa R Kapoor and Sanjay Gupta moved ahead. As the \u2018Shootout\u2019 series gets ready to go international, Harshvardhan Rane<\/a> will be the star of the next installment. The third movie, \u2018Shootout in Dubai\u2019, takes the action outside of Mumbai for the first time and centres on Rane in a slick, fictional crime story set on a global scale.The idea is a big step forward for the franchise, which used to be about real-life encounters in Mumbai\u2019s underworld. The filmmakers want to make the visuals sharper and the canvas bigger, but they want to keep the aggression that made the first movie so popular. <\/p>\n

Harshvardhan Rane Gets Raw About His Struggle: ‘I Had Nothing But Hope’<\/p>\n

Franchise takes a global turn<\/p>\n

Mid-day says that the choice to move the third installment abroad occurred after years of internal debate. Sources say that early talks looked at Delhi as the next location, but the team decided on Dubai because of its size and cinematic appeal. The movie is a sequel to \u2018Shootout at Lokhandwala\u2019 from 2007 and \u2018Shootout at Wadala\u2019 from 2013, both of which were about the growth of gangsters in Mumbai.This new entry won\u2019t go back to any real events. Instead, it presents a story that isn\u2019t real but is meant to feel modern and big. As per the source, the franchise is officially stepping out of Mumbai and going international with this movie, which shows a distinct change in direction.The only actor confirmed to star in the project right now is Harshvardhan Rane. His casting puts him in a strong position to lead the franchise\u2019s makeover and make it the face of its international jump.<\/p>\n

Script locked after long development<\/p>\n

The movie has been in the works since 2021, and the script has been rewritten six times. Mid-day says that Ektaa R Kapoor<\/a> and co-creator Sanjay Gupta<\/a> wouldn\u2019t move on until the storyline was as intense as the previous flicks.\u201cThere was no pressure to rush this. The makers were very clear that unless the script carried the same aggression and attitude as Lokhandwala and Wadala, they wouldn\u2019t greenlight it. Each draft was about the tone. It seems they finally have something they can bet on and will lock it by March,\u201d a source told Mid-Day.The film\u2019s identity is heavily influenced by its Dubai locale. \u201cThis one is designed to feel swankier. Dubai allows for scale, be it glass buildings, highways, night action, a more international visual grammar. It\u2019s still a Shootout film, but with a fresh skin,\u201d the source concluded. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harshvardhan Rane will headline the third \u2018Shootout\u2019 film, \u2018Shootout in Dubai\u2019, taking the franchise outside Mumbai for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[132625,132623,3819,18,132620,117,35527,19,17,327,132624,132621,132619,132622],"class_list":{"0":"post-256057","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-action-movie","9":"tag-crime-film","10":"tag-dubai","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-ektaa-r-kapoor","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-harshvardhan-rane","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-movies","18":"tag-mumbai-underworld","19":"tag-sanjay-gupta","20":"tag-shootout-in-dubai","21":"tag-shootout-series"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115802753159029401","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}