Director Hansal Mehta introduced on Monday that his upcoming crime thriller will star Shashi Kapoor’s grandson Zahaan Kapoor and Paresh Rawal’s son Aditya Rawal in lead roles. The challenge, touted to be “big action commercial thriller” marks Hansal Mehta’s first collaboration with filmmaker good friend Anubhav Sinha, who’s producing the movie.
Both these actors are stated to have undergone “gruelling sessions” for months to organize for his or her characters. Though Aditya Rawal made his appearing debut with final 12 months’s Bamfaad on Zee5, the yet-untitled movie will mark his huge display debut.
Hansal Mehta stated the actors have been chosen on the ‘basis of their talent and potential’. “With the subject at hand, I was very keen on doing this film with fresh faces. Both Zahaan and Aditya have been selected on the basis of their talent and potential. The characters they play are very intricate and I’m sure the audience will love them too.”
Sinha stated he and Mehta wished they forged newcomers as they didn’t need any star baggage connected to the characters.
“Both Zahaan and Aditya bring fresh energy and excitement to their roles. Hansal and I wanted to cast new actors in this human story as we want the audience to feel they are watching characters rather than any star in the film with preconceived notions. We’ve already started shooting for the film and the hard work these two are putting in is commendable,” Sinha stated in a press release.
Besides Anubhav Sinha’s Benaras Mediaworks, the movie can also be being produced by Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series together with Mahana Films – Sakshi Bhatt, Sahil Saigal & Mazahir Mandasaurwala.