Mumbai, Feb. 22 -- After years of enthralling audiences with larger-than-life portrayals of fictional police officers in blockbuster cop films such as 'Singham,' 'Simmba,' and 'Sooryavanshi,' Rohit Shetty is all set to bring to the big screen an extraordinary story of a real supercop. Peepingmoon.com can exclusively confirm now that Shetty is next directing a mainstream cop drama based on the life of Rakesh Maria, widely regarded as one of India's most iconic and accomplished police officers.

John Abraham will headline this long-gestating project, stepping into the role of Maria, a conscientious and steadfast police officer whose career was defined by his involvement in some of the nation's most sensitive and high-stakes cases. "Rakesh M...