Atul Kulkarani who played the role of baddie in Pawan Kalyan’s Panja will be playing a crucial role in Ram Charan’s Zanjeer. This role is not actually present in the original Zanjeer which released in 1973. Director Apoorva Lakhia had scripted this new characterization. Atul will enter the shoot from November end. The movie is currently being shot in and around Hyderabad.

Priyanka Chopra is playing the female lead in the movie. Apoorva Lakhia is the director of the movie which happens to be Ram Charan’s Bollywood debut movie.The movie is being made in Telugu and Hindi and both the versions will have simultaneous release.