EXCLUSIVE: Riteish Deshmukh to produce a comedy featuring him & Tamannaah Bhatia; Deets Inside
The plan is to make this yet-untitled project a direct-to-OTT release. Riteish Deshmukh and Tamannaah Bhatia have earlier worked together in Humshakals
After featuring in Ahmed Khan’s Baaghi 3 alongside Tiger Shroff and Shraddha Kapoor last year, Riteish Deshmukh has two more movies lined up - the Nagraj Manjule directed film on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and his much loved multistarrer Housefull 5. Pinkvilla now has an exclusive update on Riteish’s next. A source close to the development informs that the actor is gearing up to produce a comedy that will feature him in the lead. He has also zeroed down on his leading lady.
“This one is a laugh riot which Riteish and his team has been working on for a while. As of now the plan is to make it a direct to OTT release. Besides Ritesh, Tamannaah Bhatia will also feature in the film. She has liked the script but is yet to sign on the dotted line,” informs a source close to the development. Ritesh and Tamannaah have earlier worked together in the 2014 film, Humshakals. The actor has even made special appearances in Tamannaah starrers like Sajid-Farhad’s Entertainment and the 2013 action-comedy Himmatwala.
Earlier, Riteish has produced films like Yellow, Balak Palak, Mauli and Faster Fene. His actress-wife Genelia Deshmukh too will be involved with the production of this yet-untitled project. Recently, on Valentine’s Day he put up a loved up video with Genelia on Instagram which he captioned as ‘Eternity’. Check it out below:
Meanwhile, Tamannaah will next be seen in the Telugu remake of Kangana Ranaut’s Queen, titled That Is Mahalakshmi. She also has the NawazuddinSiddiqui starrer Bole Chudiyan, Seetimaarr and Gurthunda Seethakalam in the pipeline.
We reached out to Riteish Deshmukh but he chose not to respond to our text and calls.