Natasha Coutinho (MUMBAI MIRROR; November 25, 2017)

After a change of guard from filmmakers Sameer Sharma to Ashwini Iyer Tiwary, Aanand L Rai’s next production, Manmarziyan, eventually landed with Anurag Kashyap. Now, Mirror has learnt that the director is set to kick off the film, his first in the romantic genre, by January-end. Taapsee Pannu and Vicky Kaushal have been signed on to play the leads and the film’s team is currently on the lookout for a second hero to complete the love triangle.

A source close to the development reveals, “The film requires a winter setting and is most likely to kick off in Himachal Pradesh, but the team is still finalising locations. It is expected to be shot in a start-to-finish schedule and will be wrapped up by mid-March.”

The film was announced in 2015 by Aanand L Rai on the social media with Ayushmann Khurrana and Bhumi Pednekar as leads.

The filmmaker remained unavailable for comment.