Filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra welcomed Rajkummar Rao as part of the cast of his production Fanney Khan on Thursday.
“Welcome aboard Raj. Tighten your seat belt for the roller coaster,” Mehra tweeted.
An official remake of the Oscar nominated Dutch film Everybody’s Famous, Fanney Khan will be directed by Atul Manjrekar and will star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Anil Kapoor.
Earlier, it was reported that Rai Bachchan was upset over being paired with R Madhavan as she was keen on working with Rao instead. Last week, the film’s makers rubbished the claims.
Arjun N. Kapoor of KriArj Entertainment said the cast, including Rai Bachchan and Kapoor, are “deep into prep for their roles and as thorough professionals do not interfere in the process of casting for other roles”.
Mehra earlier told IANS the film will take on body-shaming in a big way.
