John Abraham is enjoying great success at the moment after his back to back hits 'Parmanu' and 'Satyameva Jayate' that did well at the box-office and everyone hailed John's performance. Now the actor is roped in for Anees Bazmee's upcoming project and John is all set to reunite with the film-maker after 'Welcome Back'.

Bazmee confirmed the news of locking John as lead and in a statement, he said, "John is definitely there in Pagalpanti. I had done Welcome Back with John. It became a huge hit..I wanted and even he wanted that we do a new film together... Now we have a new subject, so he is quite excited and I am also very excited. We will start work on it soon."

Anees Bazmee is known to serve the audiences with comedy entertainers and his recent films are 'Welcome', 'No Entry' and 'Singh Is Kinng', Bazmee is toying between different projects as of now. As of now, speculations also suggest that he may also be directing 'Aankhen 2', with megastar Amitabh Bachchan set to feature in it. But without giving any confirmation, Bazmee said: "Talks are on around Aankhen 2... We will lock it soon."

There was also a buzz that actor Kartik Aaryan has been finalised but nothing has been confirmed yet.