Exclusive: Bhumi Pednekar doing dark comedy for Alankrita Shrivastava.

Filmmaker Alankrita Shrivastava's last
film, Lipstick Under My Burkha that
released in July 2017, got huge
worldwide acclamation for showing a
woman's hidden sexual desires and
questioning the Indian patriarch
mindset through an extremely powerful
and mature storytelling.
Alankrita was applauded for handling
such a bold subject so brilliantly. Without
being too didactic or moralistic, she
touched upon many serious issues a
woman faces in our society. Post the
commercial and critical success of this
film, Alankrita had announced that she
would be making her next film with Ekta
Kapoor's banner, Balaji Motion Pictures.
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Now PeepingMoon.com has exclusively
learned that it's a two-heroine dark
comedy that Alankrita is directing next
for Ekta. Our source said, "It's a female-
centric drama set in a small town in UP.
Bhumi Pednekar, who mesmerized
audiences with her performances in
films like Dum Laga Ke Haisa, Toilet: Ek
Prem Katha and Shubh Mangal
Saavdhan,will be playing one of the
leads. While Bhumi is already on board to
play a village belle, the other actress is
yet to be finalized. The makers have
apparently approached Aishwarya Rai
Bachchan to play that character but she
hasn't responded as yet.
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The yet-untitled film is said to be an
interesting mix of comedy, emotions and
drama. The film apparently also deals
with a serious issue but with a
humorous flair. Both the leading ladies
will have strong characters and equal
footing. The film is likely to go on floors
only mid-next year.
Bhumi Pednekar
"This particular film is in the making for
long. It was earlier supposed to star
Vidya Balan and Bhumi Pednekar
with Bareilly Ki Barfi fame Ashwini Iyer
Tiwari directing it, but things didn't
work out. Then Alankrita came on board
and Kareena Kapoor Khan was offered a
role which she apparently rejected. Now
they have finally locked Bhumi and
hopefully they will also rope in the
second lead by this month-end, the
source further said.
With the addition of this interesting
women-centric drama, Bhumi's schedule
might just end up becoming even more
tedious. The actress already has a
demanding schedule with three films
(Womaniya, Salute and Takht) yet to be
shot and Abhishek
Chaubey's Sonchiriya scheduled to
release in February 2019.

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