COLOMBO: Come September and Sanjay Dutt will don the hat of a new action hero.

Dutt will be seen along with Kangna Ranawat and Irrfan Khan in the new action flick, The Knock Out, produced by Sohail Maklai Productions.

AAP Entertainment will be distributing the movie and plans to release 900 prints, of which 450 will be digital.

Written and directed by Mani Shankar, the film has been co-produced by Nag while Hussain Shaikh is the executive producer. 

N. Natarajan Subramanium is the cinematographer. The lyrics have been written by Panchhi Jalonvi and Gourov is the music composer.

The Knock Out is a thriller wherein Irrfan Khan plays the villain while Sanjay Dutt is the patriotic citizen. Kangna Ranawat plays the role of a journalist.

Though the director is in an absolute denial, the film looks to be an uplift of the Hollywood flick, Phonebooth.