Mumbai, Aug. 24 -- Akshay Kumar is heading where he hasn't gone before - alien territory. The actor has begun shooting for Samuk, Vipul Amrutlal Shah and Kanishk Varma's ambitious survival-action thriller that brings together an international creature and stunt team in a bid to mount one of India's biggest theatrical genre spectacles.

Produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah, directed by Varma and co-produced by Aashin A. Shah, the film is being mounted as a large-scale pan-Indian theatrical with global production ambitions. The project has been in development for over two years, with Varma and Shah building a world that combines military realism, survival horror and alien mythology. Shah has built his reputation as a producer who understands the...