Ishaan Khatter took to social media to reveal that actors Mrunal Thakur of Super 30 fame and Priyanshu Painyuli of Mirzapur 2 will be joining him in Pippa.
Pippa: Ishaan Khatter goes ‘all fired up’ with Mrunal Thakur, Priyanshu, Soni Razdan in the upcoming war drama.
Ishaan Khatter recently loved us as Maan in Mira Nair’s A Proper Boy and shook the small screen with a gangster avatar in Khaali Peeli. The talented actor is now on his next big project where he is set to play a war veteran. In early August, we told you Ishaan will be playing real-life war veteran Brigadier Balram Singh Mehta in an upcoming war movie titled Pippa. Now the latest news is that the cast of Pippa has been finalized.
Ishaan took to Instagram to make the big announcement and revealed that actors Mrunal Thakur of Super 30 fame and Priyanshu Painyuli of Mirzapur 2 will be joining him in Pippa. He also shared a photo with Mrunal and Priyanshu. Sharing the great news, he wrote: “We’re going with all guns blazing. Welcome to the troop #Pippa, fam @ mrunalofficial201 & @priyanshupainyuli @rajamenon #RonnieScrewvala #SiddharthRoyKapur @rsvpmovies @roykapurfilms.” Business analyst Taran Adarsh revealed that Soni Razdan will also be part of the project.
Mrunal also shared the great news on social media and was quite excited about the same. She wrote: “2020 just got so much better! This team is ready to roar, excited to be a part of such a wonderful team! #Pippa.”
Pippa will be directed by Airlift director Raja Krishna Menon and the film is based on the book ‘The Burning Chaffees’ written by Brigadier Mehta himself. The film’s title highlights the Russian PT-76 war tank, popularly known as Pippa ‘, which was used during the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971.
The film is scheduled to hit theaters late next year and is co-produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Siddharth Roy Kapur.
READ ALSO: Ishaan Khatter played Brigade War Veteran Balram Singh Mehta in the upcoming movie Pippa.
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