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Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor, who died Thursday after a two-year battle with leukemia, was working on a movie titled Sharmaji Namkeen. Producers Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar are now committed to completing the project, a significant part of which has already been filmed.
Sharmaji Namkeen will see Rishi in the lead role and Juhi Chawla as the female lead. The film was almost complete with a couple of days of filming remaining.
A source has revealed: “Rishi Kapoor was the main protagonist of the film and most of the film was already shot with only a few days of shooting for the actor. Since it was the last Rishi Kapoor project to be nearing completion, Ritesh and Farhan are determined to make sure the movie is released. “
Wishing AR SHARMAJI NAMKEEN ‘all the best as filming begins to roll! Make it one of the most charming movies of 2020 … !! 😇🥰 @chintskap @ritesh_sid @FarOutAkhtar @HoneyTrehan pic.twitter.com/C2JCXo26e4
– Juhi Chawla (@iam_juhi) December 9, 2019
The source further shares: “Microscopic details of how Ritesh and Farhan intend to complete the film are in the works, but you can be sure that the film will be completed and you will see a theatrical release.”
Produced by Excel Entertainment in association with Honey Teheran and Abhishek Choubey, Sharmaji Namkeen will mark Hitesh Bhatia’s debut as director.
Also read: Juhi Chawla “devastated” by the death of co-star Rishi Kapoor: “My best memory of my early days was working with him”
Juhi had previously posted photos of her and Rishi from their script reading session in December last year. Feeling devastated after the actor’s death, Juhi had shared a long note about his time with him on his filming sets. She wrote: “surprised … sad beyond words … devastated … I can’t believe it … No Chintuji … !!! I feel very very sad I have many memories of him .. I started working with him shortly after QSQT … in the Kalpatarujis movie, Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani … Ghar Ki Izzat was another one of our movies … at the time, being a newcomer, his presence in the sets would overwhelm me, since he was a great star … he was always so easy actor, he hardly rehearsed and the director was always happy with his first shot! I would tremble and pray not to forget my dialogues in front of him … and seem Silly, he was always nice, but a little detached.
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