Actor Neil Nitin Mukesh is on a roll.  The "Lafangey Parindey" actor got the opportunity to work with ace director duo Abbas-Mastan in his forthcoming film "Players". The movie is all set to release on 6th January 2012.

The film has Neil in an antagonist’s role and lad has quite heavily impressed the directors with his acting skills. The duo is apparently planning to remake their hit suspense thriller ‘Baazigar’ with Neil.

The film originally starred Shah Rukh Khan in lead and it catapulted Shah Rukh Khan to super stardom.Till date the film is counted as one of his best flicks. The film has now earned the status of a cult film.

Sources say that Abbas-Mastan have made up their mind of casting Neil in the "Baazigar " remake and he is set to play the character of  Shah Rukh's Ajay Sharma/Vicky Malhotra. They have apparently already discussed the aspect of taking the film on floors.