Pratik Gandhi and Khushali Kumar team up for a family drama

Pratik Gandhi and Khushali Kumar. Picture courtesy: PR

Pratik Gandhi, who became a household name thanks to his powerful performance in Scam 1992, is back as a lead in Bhushan Kumar, Shaailesh R Singh and Hansal Mehta's next yet-to-be-titled film. Joining him as the co-lead is Khushali Kumar, who won hearts with her music videos and recently finished shooting her debut film, a psychological thriller, with R Madhavan and Aparshakti Khurana. Set in a small town of Uttar Pradesh, this family drama will be helmed by Pulkit, who directed Rajkummar Rao's series Bose: Dead or Alive.

Featuring for the first time together, Khushali Kumar and Pratik Gandhi have started with their look tests and prep in Mumbai. While the film marks the actors' first collaboration together, Bhushan Kumar and Shaailesh R Singh will come together again after working on Kangana Ranaut-starrer Simran that was directed by Hansal Mehta, and the upcoming release Hurdang starring Sunny Kaushal and Nushrratt Bharuccha.

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Shaailesh R Singh, who will jointly produce the film, says, "The story of this film sheds light on issues faced by several Indians. Our audiences will connect with this film in many ways. I am glad to be bringing this story on screen with Bhushanji and Hansalji who love telling stories that leave an impact on their audiences."

Director Pulkit concludes, "This film comes to me from a personal space and is very close to me. It is the story of a dignified struggle of a common man to get his land back. The story defines and revolves around a normal middle class family and it deals with the system, power and the abused theory of law."

A T-Series and Karma Media and Entertainment production, this untitled film will go on floors on August 18.

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