Mumbai: Actor Pankaj Tripathi has joined the cast of Akshay Kumar-Kriti Sanon starrer “Bachchan Pandey”, the makers announced on Monday.
Backed by producer Sajid Nadiadwala, “Bachchan Pandey” will mark the initially collaboration amongst Tripathi and Kumar.
Tripathi, who was observed this year on the second season of Amazon Prime Video series “Mirzapur”, and films like “Ludo” and “Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl”, will commence shooting for the film in 2021.
Spokesperson from the production property confirmed that the actor will join the cast, such as Sanon, Jacqueline Fernandez and Arshad Warsi, for a schedule in Jaisalmer from January.
The action-comedy will see Kumar play the titular function of a gangster, who aspires to be an actor.
Farhad Samji, ideal recognized for “Housefull 4”, will direct the film.
Tripathi has earlier collaborated with Nadiadwala on films like “Super 30” and the but-to-be-released sports drama “83”.
“Bachchan Pandey” is scheduled to be released in 2021.
Tripathi will subsequent be observed reprising his function of the powerless lawyer Madhav Mishra in “Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors”, a Hotstar Special series.