Sunny Deol was 'worried' about doing Ikka, reveals producer. What changed his mind?

Sunny Deol has been a part of the industry for about four decades and is the most commercially successful actors in Indian cinema. The Gadar actor was particularly known for his angry action hero persona, which made him an icon. So, imagine a movie where there is no action? In the movie Ikka, directed by Siddharth P Malhotra, which marked his OTT debut, the actor portrays the role of a renowned, incorruptible lawyer known in the legal community as Ikka. While the movie received mixed response, the actor was worried about one thing.

Ruchikaa Kapoor Sheikh, Director, Original Films, Netflix India, in an interview with Hindustan Times recalls Sunny Deol's hesitation about the movie. Why? Because it lacked his UPS- action. "We were working on Ikka with Sunny Sir, and he was worried that there was no action."

Ruchikaa convinced him by saying that the beauty of the movie was releasing it on an OTT platform, where they had taken a familiar genre of a courtroom drama, and put Sunny Deol in it.


When he was still left unconvinced she assured him and said that a few months later, either the makers will realise that they should have added an action scene and Sunny Deol will call up and say it was not a bad idea.

At 60, Sunny Deol, finally marked his debut on OTT platform with Ikka which was released on Netflix on July 10.

About Ikka

Ikka is a legal thriller directed and produced by Siddharth P Malhotra and stars Sunny Deol, Akshaye Khanna, Dia Mirza and Tillotama Shome. The movie is about a celebrated and incorruptible lawyer who has to save his daughter, defend an immoral person accused of homicide.

Sunny Deol's recent works

After Ikka, Sunny Deol reunited with his Ghatak director, Rajkumar Santohi to star in Batwara 1947, produced by Aamir Khan, starring his son Karan Deol, Preity Zinta and Shabana Azmi. He is currently gearing up for the release of Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana headlined by Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi, Yash and Ravie Dubey. Sunny Deol will be playing the role of Lord Hanuman. He also has Suryaa and Safar in the pipeline.