Overview

• In a Galatta Plus interview, Anurag Kashyap said he first planned Nishaanchi with Sushant Singh Rajput and that the actor stopped responding after signing Dil Bechara and Drive, which he said were earlier with Dharma.
• Kashyap said the film was put on the back burner after those signings and that he eventually moved away from the plan announced in 2016.
• He added that he was not upset by the turn of events and that he went on to make Mukkabaaz.
• The completed Nishaanchi now stars Vineet Kumar Singh and is scheduled to release in theaters on September 19, 2025.
• Kashyap’s account echoes his 2020 claim that Rajput left Hasee Toh Phasee after a YRF offer; these details reflect the filmmaker’s recollections rather than independent documentation.