Akash Thosar is being mobbed by fans, even as he shoots for Mahesh Manjrekar’s next
Subhash K Jha (MUMBAI MIRROR; June 16, 2016)

His debut film Sairat catapulted Akash Thosar to instant fame. And that sudden popularity is affecting the shoot of his second film, Mahesh Manjrekar’s FU. The film, being shot in various parts of Maharashtra, has a heavy security bandobast to keep Thosar from getting mobbed.

“The film’s team has tried to keep the actor’s presence in FU a secret, to no avails. Everywhere they go, hundreds gather to get a glimpse of Thosar and incessantly mob him for selfies. Shooting with him has become a problem,” says a source from the unit.

Manjrekar calls FU a film about the young. “The title says it all. The abbreviation is self-explanatory. For the Censor Board, however, it stands for Fun Unlimited. We don’t want trouble,” he says.