Rohit Shetty welcomes Farah Khan on the board

The choreographer-turned-filmmaker Farah Khan is all set to wear a director’s hat once again after a long period of 5 years. Farah who has earlier directed films such as Om Shanti Om,  Main Hoon Na, Tees Maar Khan and Happy New Year has revealed about her collaboration with Rohit Shetty for her comeback project.  This untitled project is going to be an action comedy film which will be directed by Farah Khan while Rohit will produce under his banner Rohit Shetty Picturez. The film is being presented by Reliance Entertainment and is produced by Rohit Shetty Picturez. Under his production house, Rohit shetty has delivered  films like Golmaal Again and Simmba which has performed exceptionally well at the box office.

  

“Sometimes the Universe just conspires to give you what you didn’t even imagine...Together with Rohit, Who I genuinely love as a brother, and whose work ethic I respect and share, I can only promise a ‘Mother of all Entertainers’! Cant wait to say ‘Roll Camera’ for this one!!” Farah said in a statement. 

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Rohit also shares his excitement for the project and says, “It’s a privilege for my production company to have Farah on board to direct the film for us as she is extremely talented and hard working. It will definitely be a wonderful association. I can’t wait to start work with this extremely talented powerhouse. Looking forward.” Rohit Shetty is busy with his next directorial venture Sooryavanshi, which is again a cop-drama as well. In addition to Hindi films, Rohit Shetty Picturez has plans to address the digital content-consuming audience with original web series. He also plans to cater to Rohit’s younger fans with animated content like Little Singham on Discovery kids.

 

Its gonna be amazing to see these two exceptionally creative minds coming together for the first time. Already speculations are made that this is gonna be a larger-than-life spectacle. The star cast is not yet been finalised but according to a leading portal, Deepika has been approached for the project and the story reportedly has a very strong female character. Farah thinks Deepika would be a perfect choice for the role. A source told the portal, “Once things will be finalised, official announcements would be made. If things go well, this will be the third time Farah Khan and Deepika Padukone will collaborate on the project. Deepika also made her Bollywood debut with Farah’s ‘Om Shanti Om’ starring Shah Rukh Khan in the lead. Deepika is currently busy prepping up for her next Chappak with Meghna Gulzar. The film is based on the life of acid-attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal. Deepika is not only playing the lead role in the film, but she is also making her debut as a producer with Chhapaak.