a sequel to shashi kapoorstarrer political thriller new delhi times is in the works with filmmaker ramesh sharma returning as the director and writerdirector khalid mohamed attached to pen the script khalid who has written criticallyacclaimed films such as mammo sardari begum and zubeidaa took to twitter to share the news rameshfilms ok some news my friend ramesh sharma will direct sequel to new delhi times on nexus between media n politics n ahem im writing the script lead cast being finalized pictwittercom7gs5ikpe1r khalid mohamed jhajhajha february 22 2020 my friend ramesh sharma will direct sequel to new delhi times on nexus between media and politics and im writing the script lead cast being finalised he wrote on the microblogging site new delhi times which released in 1986 also featured sharmila tagore om puri and kulbhushan kharbanda kapoor won the best actor national award for the movie while sharma won the indira gandhi award for best debut film of a director gulzar was the writer of the film