After his stint as an actor and screenplay writer, Amin Hajee finally dons the director’s hat with the psychological thriller Koi Jaane Naa. The psychological thriller, produced by Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series, went on floors last weekend and will continue in Panchgani.

From the time Amin assisted Mazhar Khan on Gang in 1988, he decided he wanted to direct a film. But the best thing that happened to him was when he got signed for Swades by Ashutosh Gowarikar and Aamir Khan Productions. Aamir and Ashutosh have been instrumental throughout his journey in films. After seeing Swades the creative satisfaction he felt was immense. So he continued to write and joined Vikram Bhatt in writing horror and thrillers. After the success of Haunted and 1920 Evil Returns he decided to take a break and write his own script. This is when Koi Jaane Naa happened.

Talking of how the film happened, Amin said that the idea generated from a short story he read. Whoever heard it loved it. He narrated the story to both Aamir and Ashutosh and both of them told him that he should debut as a director with this script. He has waited for six years from getting their approval to finding a producer. But it was worth waiting for. The film is produced by T-Series.

The first time director who has already started shooting with the lead cast of Kunal Kapoor and Amyra Dastur. Aditi Gowitrikar, Raj Zutshi and others will be seen in pivotal roles in the film.

The film will release on 11th October this year.