Akshay Kumar's next with Neeraj Pandey to be based on Ajit Doval, National Security Advisor to PM Narendra Modi?

After directing Akshay Kumar in his 2013 heist film 'Special 26' and following it up with the espionage thriller 'Baby' two years later, Neeraj Pandey reunited with the actor to co-produce 'Rustom' (inspired by the sensational 1959 Nanavati case with a twist) in 2016, followed by the social drama, 'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha', the next year. Now, the duo is set for another reunion.According to a media source it has learnt that their next is a thriller in the same zone as 'Baby'. According to a source close to the development, the film will revolve around the career highlights of the fifth and current National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India, Ajit Doval.

Work on the script has begun and research is underway but there is still time before the project rolls. “Neeraj will first make 'Chanakya' with Ajay Devgn, which was announced a few months ago. Akshay also has to complete prior commitments. The team wants to lock the script before making an official announcement,” informs the source.
This marks a positive development in the equation between the actor and the filmmaker, which had reportedly soured when Neeraj was pitting his 'Aiyaary' (featuring Sidharth Malhotra and Manoj Bajpayee) against Akshay’s 'Pad Man' at the box-office during the Republic Day weekend last year, before its release was deferred to February 16, a week after the actor’s film on Arunachalam Muruganantham, who invented the low-cost sanitary pad-making machine. Buzz was, Crack, which Akshay had announced a few days after the release of 'Rustom', was apparently called off in the aftermath of the fallout.
In Aditya Dhar’s directoial debut, the Vicky Kaushal-starrer 'Uri: The Surgical Strike', which released in January this year, Paresh Rawal was seen as Govind Bhardwaj, a character fashioned after Doval.
Doval started out with the Kerala cadre as an IPS officer in the 1968 batch. He was actively involved in anti-insurgency operations in Mizoram and Punjab, as also negotiations to facilitate the release of passengers from IC-814 in Kandahar in 1999. Earlier this year, he was part of the core team that strategised the Balakot airstrike on February
26. Doval served as the Director of the Intelligence Bureau in 2004–05, after spending a decade as the head of its operation wing. He is also a recipient of the Kirti Chakra, one of the highest military gallantry awards, a rare honour for an Indian Police Service officer.
Neeraj chose not to respond to our messages.