Kareena Kapoor joining Sujoy Ghosh’s new crime thriller
Kareena Kapoor Khan is one of most talented and prominent actresses in B-town. With each of her films, her admirers are ecstatic to witness her spreading her magic on the big screen. Since the birth of her second son, Jehangir Ali Khan, the actress has been absent from the silver screen. Although she did film certain scenes for Laal Singh Chadha with Aamir Khan prior to her maternity, during her pregnancy, and thereafter. However, now that she has given birth, the actress will begin work on her first movie.
Sujoy Ghosh is ready to begin work on the cinematic adaptation of Keigo Higashimo’s most celebrated work, The Devotion of Suspect X, according to Mid Day. He reportedly revealed this project in 2015, and at the time, he wanted Saif Ali Khan to star in it. Unfortunately, the project did not come to fruition, but Sujoy refused to give up on it, and now, over seven years later, he is ready to direct the adaptation. Call it fate or anything, but Saif’s wife Kareena Kapoor Khan will be directing the film this time.
According to reports, the film will feature Jaideep Ahlawat and Vijay Varma and will begin production in March. Kareena’s first project since the birth of her younger son Jehangir will be this one. In terms of the novel, it tells the narrative of a single parent who accidentally kills her ex-husband. The rest of the story chronicles her attempts to conceal the crime with the help of her mathematical neighbour. Kareena is said to have already begun preparing for the movie.
“Kareena met Sujoy several times to discuss the prep and her look in the film,” a person close to the project says. Workshops for the cast will begin soon. If everything goes according to plan, the crew will travel to a hill station in West Bengal next month to shoot the film from beginning to end. Jaideep takes on the character of the next-door neighbour. The source continues, “Sujoy has woven in a fascinating love tale between the leads that gives a new layer to the thriller.”