He was going to star as the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in Takht, a magnum-opus historical drama to be directed by Karan Johar, which featured an ensemble cast, including Anil Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Kareena Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Janhvi Kapoor and Bhumi Pednekar.[49][50][51] The teaser of the film was released on 1st February, 2020.[52] But the film was reported to be shelved by Karan Johar owing certain reasons including financial crisis due to COVID-19 recession as per a report, though it might be revived in future as it is Karan's dream project.[53] He will be further seen in the biopic of the Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw helmed by Meghna Gulzar.[54][55] He also reunited with Aditya Dhar in an action film about the mythological character Ashwatthama titled The Immortal Ashwatthama which is planned as trilogy and it is his first superhero film, produced by RSVP.[56][57]