Ronnie Screwvala, Ashi Dua and Netflix are all set to bankroll ‘Lust Stories 2’. The new season will feature Mrunal Thakur opposite Angad Bedi. Readers will be interested to know that this is the second time Angad Bedi will be working with director R Balki.
A source close to the project shared, “Angad and Mrunal are paired opposite each other, and the final script is also locked. R Balki and Angad share a great bond and are happy to collaborate once again post Ghoomer. They start filming on August 7 in Mumbai. R Balki has already begun work on the pre-production, and is aiming to wrap up the film by mid-August.” Angad Bedi also has ‘Ghoomer’ with R Balki which stars Abhishek Bachchan, Shabana Azmi and Saiyami Kher. ‘Ghoomer’ has already completed its shooting.
Konkona Sen Sharma, Sujoy Ghosh and Amit Ravindernath Sharma will be directors of other segments of the series. Season one saw the work of Karan Johar, Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar and Dibakar Banerjee. The series was nominated in two categories at the 47th international Emmy Awards.
The same set of directors also collaborated to make ‘Ghost Stories’. It all started with their collaboration in 'Bombay Talkies'.