Priyadarshan and Akshay Kumar to runite for an out and out comedy, filmmaker confirms they will begin shoot early next year

Filmmaker Priyadarshan and Akshay Kumar recently met up and their post about the meeting sparked rumours of an upcoming collaboration. The filmmaker has now confirmed that he is indeed reuniting with the Bollywood star for a film and shared that the project with a comedy mixed with emotions.

Confirming their reunion after over a decade of their last film Khatta Meetha Pruyadarshan told Pinkvilla, “It’s an out and out comedy with emotions. You can say, its 70 percent comedy and 30 percent emotion towards the climax. We were supposed to start shooting this year, but it’s delayed due to the pandemic. We are now looking to start shooting early next year.” 

The director-actor duo has worked on many films in the past including the Hera Pheri franchise, Bhool Bhulaiya, Bhagam Bhag, and Garam Masala apart from Khatta Meetha. Given their success rate in leaving the audiences reeling with laughter, their next will certainly be one to watch out for.

The filmmaker also shared that while the script for the film is locked he will continue to improve on it till the film goes on floors. Dismissing rumours about the film being a remake, he also added that their upcoming collaboration is an original script.

Priyadarshan and Akshay shared a picture laughing together on the sets on Raksha Bandhan where the filmmaker met with the actor to discuss their project. On Instagram Akshay wrote, “When a guy with as brilliant a sense of humour as @priyadarshan.official comes calling, a hard-work day becomes a laugh-hard day!”