After working together in a single of essentially the most successful and loved films of 2012- Barfi, director Anurag Basu and actor Ranbir Kapoor will again join hands to make a biopic at the life and times of legendary playback singer, actor, filmmaker Kishore Kumar.

Though talks was on since a while, it's believed that Ranbir has finally given his nod for this project to be produced by UTV. The actor will however begin engaged on this film after he finishes Abhinav Kashyap's Besharam. For the ambitious Kishore Kumar biopic, Ranbir may be required to realize around 12-15 kgs to seem the a part of the long-lasting singer. He'll be playing Kishore from the age of nineteen till 58. Basu is currently scripting the film with co-writer Soumik Sen. Kishore Kumar's son Amit Kumar could also be guiding Basu throughout the project and Amit is probably going to even sing a couple of songs within the film.

As for the feminine leads, there's buzz that 4 heroines could also be finalized opposite Ranbir Kapoor considering Kishore Da had 4 wives namely Ruma Ghosh, Madhubala, Yogita Bali and Leena Chadavarkar.