Anil Kapoor-starrer musical-drama 'Fanney Khan' will mark the reunion of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan with the actor 17 years after Satish Kaushik's 'Humara Dil Aapke Paas Hai'. While they won't feature as love interests, they have only appeared together in two films so far. Co-producing the film with Rakeysh Omprakash, Prerna Arora said, “The team starts building the set in Mumbai next month and Anil will kick off shooting in the first week of August. Aishwarya joins him by the month-end and the film will wrap up in a start-to-finish schedule by October.”
About Ash joining the cast, she added, “We took the script to her two months ago and she immediately gave her nod.” Prerna said the actress was impressed by her “highly stylised” character. Hindi adaptation of 2000 Dutch release 'Everybody's Famous!', 'Fanney Khan' marks the directorial debut of Atul Manjrekar. The original was about a 17 year old aspiring singer whose career takes off after her unemployed father, who also dreams of becoming a musician, decides to kidnap the top singer of the country.
“Almost all of Ash's scenes are with Anil. Her character is the complete opposite of her serious turns in 'Jazbaa' and 'Sarbjit'. In our film she is the spunky, enchanting female protagonist,” Prerna said.
