Kareena Kapoor Khan took to social media to announce that Saif Ali Khan will be playing the villain in Prabhas' Adipurush. Sharing a poster of the film, Kareena wrote, “Presenting the most handsome devil in history... my man Saif Ali Khan”.
Prabhas also shared a post about Saif Ali Khan and captioned the post, “7000 years ago existed the world's most intelligent demon! #Adipurush”.
Adipurush will mark Saif Ali Khan’s second collaboration with Om Raut and Bhushan Kumar after Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior. Adipurush is a bilingual film that will be shot in Hindi and Telugu and will also be dubbed in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada. The film is currently in the pre-production stage and is expected to go on floors in 2021, aiming for release in 2022.