India, Jan. 4 -- Actor Anil Kapoor left a deep impact on hearts of the audience when he played the righteous civilian-turned-into Chief Minister for the 2001 entertainer Nayak: The Real Hero. Now, as reports of him acquiring the rights of the film have surfaced, filmmaker Deepak Mukut who held the copyright of the film so far confirms that he and Anil are going to produce Nayak 2 together.

Nayak tells the story of a television journalist Shivaji Rao who questions the Chief Minister of Maharashtra (played by Amrish Puri) during a live newsroom debate and end up becoming the CM for a day to prove his righteousness.

Originally produced by AS Rathnam, the rights to Nayak were later held by producer Deepak Mukut. We reached out to Deepak Muk...