Shahid Kapoor And Rashmika Mandanna To Star In Anees Bazmee's Action Comedy; Shooting To Begin On ‘THIS’ Date (Details Inside)

The next project for Shahid Kapoor will start soon. The actor will now collaborate with Anees Bazmee on an action comedy following the premieres of ‘Farzi’ and ‘Bloody Daddy’. The film also stars Rashmika Mandanna. The shoot is scheduled to begin in August 2023. According to reports, the actor will play two roles in the movie.

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Anees Bazmee received Shahid Kapoor's dates in May 2023, according to rumours from an entertainment news website, and filming for this action comedy will soon begin. Shahid Kapoor will begin filming for Anees Bazmee's comedy on August 1, according to our people familiar with the situation. "Shahid Kapoor is very excited to do an out-and-out comedy after a long time and will commence his work on the film from August 1. He has allotted bulk dates to Anees Bazmee from August to December as the team is planning a start-to-finish schedule," as per reports sources revealed.

"Apart from Shahid and Rashmika, a big ensemble cast will be a part of Anees Bazmee's comedy and an announcement shall be made soon. The movie will be released next year and the title will be revealed by July," source continued.

The shoot would apparently start in Mumbai and take place on a set with a Rajasthani Haveli backdrop. According to a story in Mid-Day, a trade source, "Anees and his technical team, including DoP Manu Anand and production designer Rajat Poddarr, scouted for locations in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan before finalising the desert state. In the first schedule that rolls in Mumbai, the leads will shoot indoor scenes, with the set depicting the interiors of a Rajasthani haveli."

A 15-day vacation in Mumbai will mark the conclusion of the three-week schedule, after which they will go for Rajasthan to begin the shooting schedule. The source also disclosed, “Anees wants to do a start-to-finish schedule in the state from mid-September and complete a chunk of the film by October. Then comes the movie’s most crucial schedule in Mumbai, which will involve a lot of action. If things go as planned, the project will be wrapped up by the year-end.”

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More information about the movie, which also has Ekta Kapoor as a producer in addition to ‘Dil Raju’, will be made public soon. Anees Bazmee and Shahid Kapoor are reportedly working on a major pan-Indian comedy for ‘Dil Raju’.