Director Milap Zaveri’s next, an intense romantic drama with Aditya Roy Kapur, has been born from a personal realisation. “I want to do angrier films; movies that have more passion, rage, violence, love, and heartbreak. That is the genre I have excelled in,” reflected Zaveri, who enjoyed a hit in Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat (2025) that belonged to a similar space.

Armed with that belief, Zaveri has begun pre-production on his yet-untitled next and leading man Kapur’s prep is underway. The makers are planning to take the film on floors by the year-end. While passionate romances often spark conversations around possessiveness and gender politics, the director refuses to let online discourse dictate his storytelling. “I block out social media chatter. Every kind of love exists in the world. If there’s a story of a toxic person, it [will reflect his toxicity]. If it’s about a saint, it is about a saint. Otherwise we should make only documentaries and social service movies,” he remarked.