Rajkummar kickstarts 'Fanney Khan' shoot

IANS  |  Mumbai 

Actor Rajkummar Rao on Tuesday started shooting for "Fanney Khan", which will also star Anil Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

Rajkummar tweeted a photograph of the film's clapboard along with a caption that read: "Day 1 on the sets of 'Fanney Khan' with wonderful Anil Kapoor sir. Brilliant energy on set."

The upcoming musical comedy film is being directed by Atul Manjrekar.

"Fanney Khan", which is being produced by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, KriArj Entertainment and T-Series, is the official remake of the Oscar-nominated 2000 Dutch film "Everybody's Famous!".

It is scheduled for a worldwide release on April 13, 2018.

Rajkummar is currently riding high on the success of his latest film "Newton", which is India's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 90th Academy Awards.

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First Published: Tue, October 03 2017. 13:40 IST