Actors Mrunal Thakur and Siddhant Chaturvedi are teaming up for the first time in filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s next. And we’ve exclusively learnt that the duo is all set to start filming for it next week.

“The actors have been taking workshops with director Ravi Udyawar since the first week of April as part of their prep. Both actors play musicians in the film and have put in a lot of work in their preparations,” a source close to the development reveals to us.

Produced by Bhansali, the musical will be helmed by Udyawar, who previously directed Mom (2017). The fresh pairing has fans of both actors excited, especially with Thakur’s recent releases Sita Ramam (2022) and Hi Nanna (2023) — both romances — having done well at the box office. Chaturvedi, too, had praised her work in Super 30 (2019) and Sita Ramam in an earlier interview. Recently, Thakur had recalled how the two had a long call to discuss cinema, with the Kho Gaye Hum Kahan (2023) actor praising her performances.

The source adds that Bhansali aims to finish the shoot of this film, billed as a contemporary romance drama, before jumping to his next directorial, Love And War, which stars Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal.