Ajay, who played buddy to Mahesh Babu in ‘Pokiri’, is getting ready to play the brother of Pawan Kalyan in ‘Gabbar Singh’, a remake of a Bollywood hit film ‘Dabang’.

The Film Nagar sources say that the film is most likely to start rolling from the second week of May. It is learnt that the selection of artistes and technicians is in progress as part of the pre-production works.

Harish Shankar of ‘Mirapakay’-fame is directing the movie, while Pawan Kalyan himself is producing the film on the banner of Pawan Kalyan Creative Works Pvt Ltd. Kajal is pairing up with the Power Star in the female lead.

It is learnt that Pawan Kalyan had asked Harish Shankar to thoroughly rewrite the script to suit the Telugu nativity.