National Award-winning filmmaker Ketan Mehta is set to direct the upcoming film Jai Somnath. The filmmaker has joined forces with Indian auteur Sanjay Leela Bhansali to tell the historical story.

Jai Somnath traces back to 1025–1026 CE, when Mahmud of Ghazni attacked and plundered the Somnath Temple in Gujarat, a defining chapter in Indian history. This year marks 1000 years of the Ghazni attack and the destruction of the temple, and its subsequent resurrection. Somnath symbolizes the indestructible spirit of India and the glory of Indian civilization.