Janhvi Kapoor is climbing new heights with her biopic on first IAF woman pilot in a battle role, Gunjan Saxena and now by signing her fourth film. The Dhaadak actress will soon start the second schedule of Gunjan Saxena biopic and even before starting preparations for Takht, the actor has now taken her fourth, Rooh-Afza. Co-starring Rajkummar Rao and Varun Sharma of Fukrey fame. The film is a horror comedy and is set to kick off in Uttar Pradesh in June this year.
The makers of the film were looking for an actor who hadn’t tried the genus of horror comedy yet and found Janhvi to fit the poster just flawlessly. In a statement, producer Dinesh Vijan has been quoted as saying, ‘Rajkummar and Varun are actors who excel in comedy and own the space. For the leading lady, we were looking for someone who had not experimented with the genre before and Janhvi fit the bill perfectly. The script is young and wonderfully crazy and though we haven’t seen Janhvi in this avatar yet. I’m pretty sure she will pull off the casting personalities with effortless ease.’
Producer Mrighdeep adds, ‘For a newcomer like Janhvi this sounds challenging and exciting. We took some time to finalize the female lead. Besides being pretty, she needed to oscillate between two characters which are poles apart. You will fall in love with her in one scene and won’t believe she is the same girl in the next one. It’s not an easy switch for an actor. It’s the perfect casting.’
The statement also revealed that Janhvi will play a duple role in the film and both her personalities – Roohi and Afsana – will be distinct characters. The film will be directed by debutant Hardik Mehta.
Rajkummar is now looking forward to the release of Mental Hai Kya, which is scheduled to release on May 24.
