Ajay Devgn to direct Amitabh Bachchan in Mayday in a pivotal role

Ajay Devgn will don the director's hat for his next film, Mayday. He will also be acting in the film, which will go on floors in Hyderabad in December this year. The actor plays a pilot in the film. Amitabh Bachchan will also be seen in a pivotal role in the human drama. The remaining cast of the film will be finalised soon.

Apart from directing and acting in the film, Ajay Devgn will also be the producer of Mayday. Film trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to social media to announce the news. He wrote, "BIGGG NEWS... #AjayDevgn to direct #AmitabhBachchan... An edge-of-the-seat human



drama... Titled #Mayday... #Ajay is playing a pilot in the film... Remaining cast under finalisation... Produced and directed by #AjayDevgn... Starts this Dec in #Hyderabad (sic)."

Mayday will be Ajay Devgn's second film as a director. In 2008, the actor made his directorial debut with U Me Aur Hum, which also features his wife Kajol. The film was also written and produced by Ajay. It received criticism for resembling the 2004 Hollywood film The Notebook, starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams. U Me Aur Hum tanked at the box office and didn't receive rave reviews from the critics.