'Laal Kaptaan' first look: Saif Ali Khan as Naga Sadhu in this upcoming movie.

A first look poster partially revealed Khan’s look as an ashen-faced Naga sadhu. The tagline goes: “Raakh se janmaa, raakh ho jane ko” (He was born from the ashes only to return to them).

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The cast reportedly includes Zoya Hussain, Neeraj Kabi, and Manav Vij.

The film was earlier named as ‘Hunter’ and the film is set in 1760.

The film has been shot extensively in Rajasthan. On-set photos last year revealed Khan, sporting dreadlocks, wearing the uniform of possibly an East India Company soldier.

Navdeep Singh has previously made Manorama Six Feet Under (2007) and NH10 (2015). Before the release of Laal Kaptaan, Khan will be seen reprising his role of a police officer a Sartaj Singh in the second season of Netflix series Sacred Games.