After Rogue (the 2017 Puri Jagannath bilingual made in Kannada and Telugu), Ishan has taken a little longer for his second outing. Initially, he planned to start off with a Telugu project sometime this year, and was even in talks with a few directors from Tollywood, including Vijay Kumar Konda. However, we now hear that Ishan has changed his plans, and the one-film old actor wants to work next in a Kannada project.

According to our source, Ishan’s film is going to be produced by his brother CR Manohar, who is currently hunting for the perfect script. He has been in constant talks with various directors, and the names doing the rounds are Pavan Wadeyar and Harsha. One of the two is expected to helm the project. “Both have come up with a few ideas, and the one that seems most interesting and best suited to Ishan, will be picked,” says our source.

While Pavan Wadeyar is currently working with Puneeth Rajkumar on Natasarvabhouma, whose shooting is almost complete, Harsha is done with filming for the Nikhil Kumar-starrer, Seetharama Kalayana.

Meanwhile, Ishan is eager to start working on a project as early as this January. It is said that the actor is leaving no stone unturned when it comes to finalising the right script as this will be a re-launch of sorts for him after a gap of two years.