Actor Arjun Kapoor announced his next film Kuttey on Monday. Also starring Tabu, Konkona Sen Sharma, Naseeruddin Shah, Kumud Mishra, Radhika Madan, and Shardul Bhardwaj, the film marks the directorial debut of Aasmaan Bhardwaj, filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj’s son.
The film will go on floors by the end of 2021.
The motion poster shared by Kapoor features the primary cast as a group of anthropomorphic dogs.
According to a press release, Kuttey is written by the father-son duo and is a caper-thriller. The film is currently in the pre-production stage.
Aasmaan Bhardwaj has previously assisted his father on films like 7 Khoon Maaf, Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola, and Pataakha.
Kuttey is produced by Luv Ranjan, Vishal Bhardwaj, Ankur Garg, and Rekha Bhardwaj under the banner of Luv Films and Vishal Bhardwaj Films, and presented by Gulshan Kumar and Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series. The film’s music will be scored by Vishal Bhardwaj with lyrics penned by Gulzar.
Talking about the film, Vishal Bhardwaj said in a press release, “Kuttey is extremely special to me as it is my first collaboration with Aasmaan and I’m excited to see what he does with it. I have worked with Naseer sahab, Tabu, Konkona, and Radhika in different films throughout my career and Aasmaan has brought them all together in one film.”
The film marks the first collaboration of Vishal Bhardwaj and Kapoor. The filmmaker has previously directed Madan in the 2018 drama Pataakha, Shah in 2003’s Maqbool, and Sen Sharma in Omkara (2006). He has also collaborated with Tabu on films like Maqbool and Haider.
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Kapoor, whose last release was Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar, is currently awaiting the release of his upcoming film Bhoot Police, which is set to premiere on Disney+ Hotstar on September 17. He also has Ek Villain Returns with Tara Sutaria in the pipeline. The film, which co-stars John Abraham and Disha Patani, is scheduled to release in theatres on February 11, 2022.