Kareena Kapoor Khan in Jaane Jaan.
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Netflix on Friday announced that filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh's upcoming feature film with Kareena Kapoor, Jaideep Ahlawat and Vijay Verma has been titled Jaane Jaan.
The streamer shared the news on its social media handles on the occasion of Kareena's 43rd birthday.
The crime thriller movie, based on critically-acclaimed Japanese novel Devotion of Suspect X from author Keigo Higashino, is set to be released on the streaming platform on September 21, a press release stated.
"Jaane Jaan is coming on our very own Jaane Jaan’s birthday @kareenakapoorkhan. Mark your calendars for a present like no other. #JaaneJaan arrives 21 September, only on Netflix!' Netflix posted on Instagram.
Ghosh, known for critical hits such as Jhankaar Beats, Kahaani and Badla, said he had been waiting to adapt Higashino's novel, the love of his life, for a long time.
"From the day I read Devotion of Suspect X, I wanted to adapt it into a film. It was the most amazing love story I had ever read and today thanks to Kareena, Jaideep and Vijay that story is alive on screen. We all worked very hard to tell this story and hopefully the audience will love it as much as we do," the filmmaker said in a statement.
The novel, published in 2005, follows a battle of the wits between a maths genius and his equally talented university batchmate, who is investigating a murder case involving the former's neighbour.
It was earlier adapted into a 2008 Japanese movie Suspect X, followed by adaptations in Korean and Chinese. The book also served as an inspiration for the 2019 Tamil movie Kolaigaran.
Jaane Jaan is produced by 12th Street Entertainment, Northern Lights Films in association with Kross Pictures and Balaji Motion Pictures.