Veteran director Sriram Raghavan has been roped in for directing Saif Ali Khan 's home production venture. The film will be a drama which is produced by Saif along with Dinesh Vijan who is Saif's business partner. The film will be made under Illuminati Films.

Raghavan confirming the news said that, he is making a drama film for Illuminati films. The film has a very different theme and the director said that it is something he has never worked on before. He revealed that they will probably start working on it within two or three months.

The film is yet to be titled and the filmmakers are currently in the process of casting for the film. This will be for the third time that Raghavan and Saif are working together. Raghavan's directorial debut ' Ek Hasina Thi ' featured Saif Ali Khan and Urmila Matondkar as the lead pair. Saif's spy thriller ' Agent Vinod ' was Raghavan's second directorial venture. And this will be Raghavan's third film with Saif.

Raghavan is doing another film with Tips as well. The film will be a dark thriller produced by Ramesh S Taurani . Raghavan said that he cannot reveal more about the film at the moment. The official announcement will be made soon by the filmmakers after they finalize all the details.