Aanand Rai and Mudassar Aziz’s Pakistani discovery for Happy Bhaag Jayegi
After delivering Rs 150-crore-plus super hit this year – Tanu Weds Manu Returns, producer-director Aanand L Rai has already started working on his next, Happy Bhaag Jayegi to be produced by Colour Yellow Productions and directed by Mudassar Aziz. The movie featuring Abhay Deol and Diana Penty will go on floors by September first week and will be extensively shot in Punjab and Chandigarh.
The comic ensemble, Happy Bhaag Jayegi, features interesting characters to be essayed by equally interesting cast, which will be revealed soon. It’s learnt that for Happy Bhaag Jayegi, Aanand L Rai and director Mudassar Aziz have already zeroed in on the Pakistani actress Momal Sheikh to play a pivotal role. Momal is a celebrated name in Pakistan and has acted in popular television serials and has been associated with theatre.
A source informs, “Both Aanand L Rai and Mudassar Aziz had a small get together with the cast and crew of Happy Bhaag Jayegi recently. While discussing the movie with Pakistani actor Javed Sheikh (Namastey London and Om Shanti Om), the makers informed him that they were looking for a female actor for the important role and Javed suggested them a couple of names. Surprisingly, they came across Javed’s daughter Momal at the do and were fascinated by her look. They spoke to Javed about Momal and were surprised that the actor didn’t mention his daughter’s name but after a long chat, both Aanand and Mudassar mutually decided to launch Momal in Bollywood.”
By Dharam Pal
