Agent Vinod is an upcoming Hindi action-thriller film starring Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan is an Indian actor known for his work in Bollywood films. He is the son of the late former Nawab of Pataudi, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, and actress Sharmila Tagore. He has two sisters: Saba Ali Khan and actress Soha Ali Khan....

 and Kareena Kapoor

Kareena Kapoor

Kareena Kapoor , often informally referred to as Bebo, is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. During her career, Kapoor has received six Filmfare Awards, among nine nominations, and has been noted for her performances in a range of film genres; these include her work from contemporary...

. Directed by Sriram Raghavan

Sriram Raghavan

Sriram Raghavan is an Indian film director and screen writer. He is notable for producing a 45-minute documentary on Indian serial killer Raman Raghav and 2004 Hindi feature film Ek Hasina Thi produced by Ram Gopal Varma, starring Urmila Matondkar and Saif Ali Khan. His second feature film was...

, the project is not a remake of the 1977 action film Agent Vinod

Agent Vinod

Agent Vinod is a 1977 Hindi action film directed by Deepak Bahry. The film stars Mahendra Sandhu.-Cast:*Mahendra Sandhu as Agent Vinod*Asha Sachdev as Anju Saxena*Rehana Sultan as Zarina*Jagdeep as Chandu alias James Bond*Iftekhar as Madanlal...

, which was directed by Deepak Bahry

Deepak Bahry

Deepak Bahry is a Bollywood film director and producer active since the mid 1970s. He is perhaps best known for his family-oriented action drama films, in which he often cast actors such as Mithun Chakraborty and Jagdeep throughout the late 1970s and 1980s in films such as Tarana and Ustadi Ustad...

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Production

According to Raghavan, the film is "the story of a spy [...] It is a realistic film and not a spoof or comic James Bond

James Bond

James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...

. It is full of action pieces, thrills, and characters." On 30 May 2010, the director reported that the film's shoot had official begun in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

 and would later continue in Morocco

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

 and Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

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