Looks like Ajay Devgn will have only two releases this year. We have already seen Raid, which went on to be a Rs 100 crore hit. He will also be seen as one of the leads in the upcoming comedy, Total Dhamaal, that he will also be co-producing. Indra Kumar is the director of the film, and the movie also stars Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Arshad Warsi, Riteish Deshmukh and Jaaved Jaaferi. Total Dhamaal will release in December this year.

Ajay Devgn was also playing the lead in an urban romantic comedy, that also starred Tabu and Rakul Preet. Akiv Ali, a former editor, is making his directorial debut with the film. The movie is called De De Pyaar De, based on the title of the popular Amitabh Bachchan song from the film, Sharaabi. As per trade analyst Taran Adarsh, De De Pyaar De will release next year, on February 22, 2019. Reports call the movie as a light-hearted take on relationships and Ajay Devgn will be playing a Casanova in the film.

While Devgn has worked with Tabu in the past, with the most recent film being Golmaal Again, this is the first time he is working with Rakul Preet.

Ajay Devgn has also given his nod to the historical Taanaji, biopics on Chanakya and former football manager, Syed Abdul Rahim as well as a two-hero project with Ranbir Kapoor that is directed by Luv Ranjan. There are speculations that he is being roped in to play the villain in Kamal Haasan's Indian 2.

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