Kandahar is a Malayalam film about the hijacking of a plane that will also star veteran actor Mohanlal.

Bachchan had paid a short visit to Kochi to attend a function along with Oscar winner Resul Pookutty.

Speaking to reporters, Ravi, a former NSG commando who had directed two films featuring Mohanlal, said that he is just trying to imagine how the two greats would come in one single frame. “It is great feeling when I think of that,” he said.        

Amitabh will be seen as the father of a passenger on the ill-fated plane that has been hijacked whereas Mohanlal will play a commando.      

The film is inspired by the hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 in 1999. It was hijacked while on its way from Kathmandu to New Delhi on Christmas eve by five Pakistani militants and was forced to land in three different airports - Amritsar, Lahore, and Dubai - before spending a week on the tarmac in Kandahar with 186 hostages on board.

This is Ravi’s fourth film after Keerthichakara and Kuruskshetra, both featuring Mohanlal, and Mission 90 Days, which told the real story of Ravi who tracked down the killers of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Mammootty played Ravi’s role in the film.           

Kandahar will be shot in Delhi and Nepal besides Kerala.