Shahid Kapoor is the new lawyer in Bollywood

Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor collaborates with 'Toilet' director Shree Narayan Singh for a social drama about power distribution companies

Shahid Kapoor

Fresh from his London vacation, Shahid Kapoor has zeroed in on his next. After playing Raja Rawal Ratan Singh in Padmavati, Kapoor will don the black robe for his lawyer act in a social drama that will be helmed by Toilet: Ek Prem Katha director Shree Narayan Singh. Tentatively titled Roshni, the film has been written by Vipul K Rawal, who has earlier scripted Rustom (2016).

The drama revolves around the common man's fight against the power distribution companies in the country that make its consumers cough up huge amounts for bills.

Says a source from the creative team, "It's quite common for people to receive astronomical electricity bills and they don't know how to verify it. The story revolves around the problem of electricity, that's why it's tentatively called Roshni [light]. Shahid plays a lawyer, who raises his voice against this issue. What starts off as a single citizen's fight soon grows, as the country rallies behind him."

The drama is expected to go on floors in January 2018.

The source adds that the hunt for a female lead is underway. "There's also a parallel love story. The makers are considering a few top actresses for the role opposite him. The leading lady has a strong role too — she is his friend, who stands beside him in his trying times."

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