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Brother praises actor Sidharth Malhotra’s in ‘Shershaah’ Star shares BTS picture from ‘Freddy’ film set

ctor Sidharth Malhotra has been iving a sneak peek of his
garnering immense appreciation character from the upcoming
Afor shouldering the brave role of Gromantic thriller ‘Freddy’, ac-
Captain Vikram Batra in the much-an- tor Kartik Aaryan, on Friday, shared
ticipated film, ‘Shershaah’. Vishal Batra, a BTS picture from the film set on
the Kargil War hero’s brother praised the his social media handle. Kartik took
actor and revealed why he thinks Sidharth to his Instagram account to post a pic-
is the perfect choice for playing the lead in ture from the film set. The snap features
the film. Over the past few years, Sidharth a clapperboard covering the actor’s face
spent a lot of time with the late Army officer Vikram Batra’s in order to keep his character under wraps. However, a
friends and family to understand him better. However, it was glimpse of what Kartik is wearing can be seen clearly in the pic-
the actor’s meeting with Vishal Bhatra, Vikram’s brother that ture. The actor’s clothes are similar to what he wore while por-
gave him the vision to create a film on his inspirational jour- traying the role of Chintu Tyagi in his 2019 rom-com ‘Pati Patni
ney. Vishal shared that he and his family were keen to see Aur Woh’. Going by the snap, it could be seen that Kartik is sit-
Sidharth playing the lead role in the film. He said, “When we ting in a cafe with a bouquet of roses while waiting for his date.
met Sidharth for the first time we felt he had a lot of similar- “A film that’s been close to my heart, long before it began.
ities with Vikram. During the course of our interaction with Finally, he comes to life!! Now shooting #Freddy,” he wrote
him, we found out that he was a very good human being, very in the caption. ‘Freddy’ went on floors on August 1 in Mum-
humble, passionate, and a loving guy. Hence we thought he bai. Kartik announced the news on his Instagram Story and
was a perfect choice to play Vikram’s role.” shared a picture from the film set. The forthcoming film is
Sidharth has seamlessly pulled off two very different looks being helmed by Shashanka Ghosh and is produced by Ekta
in the film and his natural performance is winning everyone’s Kapoor (Balaji Telefilms) and Jay Shewakramani (Northern
heart. “Sidharth did a lot of hard work in understanding Lights Films).
Vikram to the entirety,” he added.

rani muKerji

Actor heads to shoot for ‘Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway’

ollywood actor Rani Mukerji has left India to start shooting for her much-await-
ed film ‘Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway’. Billed as an untold story about a journey of
Ba mother’s battle against an entire country, the movie will be directed by Ashima
Chibber of ‘Mere Dad Ki Maruti’ fame. Speaking about the upcoming project, a source
said, “Rani is set to start shooting the film in the next couple of days. She has done in-
tensive preparation for the film which will be revealed in due course of time and one can
expect a sublime Rani Mukerji performance as Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway is a complete author-backed role for her.” “Rani will
be out of the country for over a month for this shoot. She has been waiting to start this project which is extremely close to her
heart,” the source added. During the film’s announcement, Rani had said, “Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway is a story of true human
resilience and it is a film that is dedicated to all the mothers out there. It is truly one of the most amazing scripts that I have
read in a long time and I immediately decided to do this special film.”

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