Dhanush, Akshay and Sara in a Atrangi Re poster (courtesy saraalikhan95)
Strong points
- ‘Atrangi Re’ to start second program in October
- The filming location will be Madurai
- Akshay’s other film, Bell Bottom, to start filming in the UK
New Delhi:
An Akshay Kumar movie set to resume shooting soon while another will begin filming, it was announced today. Atrangi Re, directed by Aanand L Rai and starring Dhanush and Sara Ali Khan, will begin its second program in October, business analyst Taran Adarsh has revealed. The filming location will be Madurai. Akshay’s other film The lower end of the bell will begin touring in the UK, where the unit will travel on a chartered flight. Safety precautions will be taken, Mr. Adarsh said. It’s not clear when Team The lower end of the bell will fly away but the film should be released in April. Lara Dutta, Huma Qureshi and Vaani Kapoor co-starring with Akshay Kumar.
Taran Adarsh made both announcements on Twitter – see his tweets here:
UPDATE… #AkshayKumar, #Dhanush and #SaraAliKhan… #AanandLRai to start the second filming program of #Foreign from Oct 2020 to #Madurai… Music by #ARRahman… Here is a preview of the film … pic.twitter.com/Eq2TEFD1Ra
– taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 27, 2020
FILMING TO BEGIN … #AkshayKumar, #VaaniKapoor, #HumaQureshi and #LaraDutta… team # The lower end of the bell charter a flight to fly the entire unit to #UNITED KINGDOM… Producers must ensure security measures and medical facilities … Directed by Ranjit M Tewari … Press release April 2, 2021. pic.twitter.com/4fK7kQlcS4
– taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 27, 2020
Twitter is particularly thrilled Atrangi Re announces and furiously runs the film. The film began and ended its first show in March before the nationwide lockdown. A masked Sara Ali Khan, the female lead, was spotted at director Aanand L Rai’s office in Mumbai last month.
Sara, who may or may not play a dual role in Atrangi Re, revealed in January that she was cast for the film and was thrilled. “I can’t believe my luck,” She wrote in a post on Instagram, “Glad to be working with Aanand L Rai sir, in an AR Rahman musical. And so grateful to have Akshay Kumar Sir join the extremely talented and incredibly humble Dhanush and myself . “
Atrangi Re is supposed to come out on Valentine’s Day – February 14 – next year. The film is just one of many films in Akshay Kumar’s busy lineup – aside from Atrangi Re and The lower end of the bell, he plays the main role in a movie about Prithviraj Chauhan. Akshay also has two films ready for release – Laxmmi Bomb will premiere on Disney + Hotstar for Sooryavanshi, directed by Rohit Shetty and co-star Katrina Kaif, will hit theaters on Diwali.
