Anurag Kashyap to play the villain in Aashiq Abu's Rifle Club

Earlier, we had reported that filmmaker Aashiq Abu would helm an upcoming film titled Rifle Club, headlined by Dileesh Pothan and Soubin Shahir. It has now been learned that acclaimed filmmaker-actor Anurag Kashyap will be playing the antagonist in the film. 

Produced by Aashiq Abu's OPM Cinemas, Rifle Club has a script penned by Suhas, Sharfu and Dileesh Karunakaran. It is worth mentioning that Suhas-Sharfu earlier collaborated with Aashiq in Virus, while Dileesh co-wrote the director's Salt N' Pepper, Da Thadiya, Idukki Gold and Mayaanadhi. Dileesh and Aashiq are also collaborating for another upcoming film, Lovely. While Dileesh directs the Mathew Thomas-starrer, Aashiq is debuting as a cinematographer in the film. 

Rifle Club's technical crew comprises music director Rex Vijayan, veteran editor V Saajan, art director Ajayan Chalissery, makeup artist Ronex Xavier and costume designer Mashar Hamsa.

Meanwhile, Anurag Kashyap was last seen in a cameo role in the Vijay-starrer Leo. He has an upcoming Tamil film, One 2 One, in which he will co-star with actor-filmmaker Sundar C in the pipeline. On the directorial front, his last directorial venture was the neo-noir thriller Kennedy.