Actress returns with a full-fledged role in a film 12 years after Anil Sharma’s boxing drama with the Deols
Avinash Lohana (MUMBAI MIRROR; July 19, 2019)

Mirror (May 29) had earlier reported that Diljit Dosanjh has signed a yet-untitled comedy with Yami Gautam as his leading lady. At the time producer Ramesh Taurani had informed that the film will also feature another actress who has a crucial role in the narrative. We have now learnt that the makers have roped in Shilpa Shetty for the part. The film marks the directorial debut of Aziz Mirza’s son Haroon who has assisted on Shah Rukh Khan-starrers, from Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman and Yes Boss to Paheli.

Shilpa’s last Hindi film outing in a full-fledged role was in Anil Sharma’s Apne in 2007, headlined by the Deols, Dharmendra, Sunny and Bobby, in which she played Sunny’s wife. This was followed by special appearances in the Om Shanti Om title track, Dostana’s “Shut Up & Bounce” and “Tu Mere Type Ka Nahi Hai” for the 2014 crime thriller Dishkiyaoon, which she had also produced.

“Shilpa plays a writer in the film. After a monthlong holiday in London and Greece, she returns to Mumbai in the first week of August and will immediately start shooting for the film. She is really excited,” informs a source close the development.

Taurani had revealed that the film, revolving around a couple, is one of the last films penned by Hera Pheri and Bhool Bhulaiyaa’s screenplay writer Neeraj Vora who passed away in 2017 after he had slipped into coma in October 2016. He has co-written the script with Vibha Singh and Arshad Sayed.