John Abraham to play blind man in Aankhen 2

22 Jan 2015

After much contemplation, Gaurang Doshi's 2002 hit film Aankhen is finally set to have a second installment. However, the film is currently in the initial stages and the makers are deciding on the casting coup for the same. Once again replacing Akshay Kumar in yet another sequel is John Abraham, who has previously replaced Akshay in two of his other franchises which includes Welcome Back and Hera Pheri 3 . What is even more interesting is that the director of the prequel Vipul Amrutlal Shah has been replaced by Anees Bazmee. Revealing about the sequel, Anees mentioned that the film will be a continuation of the first part and will start from the sequence where the previous installment had ended. Based on the Gujarati play 'Andhalo Pato', Aankhen had Amitabh Bachchan playing the baddie who pulls out an impossible bank heist with the help of three blind men. While the three of them flee with the money, Amitabh Bachchan's robbery plan is exposed with him ending up in jail. However, from what we hear, the second installment will have Amitabh Bachchan playing the role of a baddie once again as he comes out of prison completing his tenure, after which he plans on yet another robbery with blind men and John Abraham will play one of them.

It is also being said that Anil Kapoor too has been roped in to play a prominent role in the film. However, the details of the rest of the star cast are yet to be finalized.

Aankhen 2 is slated to go on floor in May.