Vikas Dubey's Encounter Could Be Made Into a Bollywood Film Starring Manoj Bajpayee

Soon after UP gangster Vikas Dubey's encounter, social media has been inundated with users imagining it as a Bollywood movie. Producer Sandiip Kapur has suggested that a film with Manoj Bajpayee playing the role of the gangster should be made.

"What has happened today in the encounter is beyond cinematic and dramatic experience. @BajpayeeManoj how about playing Vikas Dubey in your next? You'll kill it! #VikasDubey #Encounter @DrKumarVishwas," Kapur tweeted.

Bajpayee isn't averse to the idea. He said, "I hear a lot of people are talking about this. If the role and script is good, it will be fun to play a real-life character. The person you are talking about has had a dramatic life. Portraying his life on screen will be interesting. Let's see what happens."

Kapur is the producer of Bhonsle, a film starring Manoj Bajpayee in the lead, which released on an OTT platform recently.

Vikas Dubey, wanted for the killing of 8 policemen in Kanpur, was gunned down in an encounter after he reportedly tried to flee when a car in the Special Task Force (STF) convoy taking him from Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain to Uttar Pradesh's Shivli overturned in Kanpur.

The history-sheeter, accused of masterminding a deadly ambush on a police party outside his Bikru village home, was arrested outside Mahakal temple in the pilgrimage city of Ujjain on Thursday after purchasing prasad and an entry ticket to the shrine, ending a six-day manhunt.