Pre-production works for Dulquer Salmaan's upcoming film King of Kotha is currently underway. The film marks the directorial debut of veteran director Joshiy's son Abhilash Joshiy. Abhilash N Chandran, who wrote Joshiy's Porinju Mariam Jose, has penned the script.

Latest buzz is that Aishwarya Lekshmi is in talks to play the female lead in King of Kotha. If it materialises, this will be the first time Dulquer and Aishwarya will be acting together.

Aishwarya currently has projects lined up in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. Her next release will be Captain, co-starring Arya. The film is slated to hit screens on September 8. She is also part of Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan, Vishnu Vishal's Gatta Kusthi  and an Amazon original Telugu film titled Ammu.