 "Jabariya Jodi gets new release date; Parineeti Chopra, Sidharth Malhotra's rom-com to now release on 2 August")
After multiple delays, Sidharth Malhotra and Parineeti Chopra’s forthcoming romantic comedy Jabariya Jodi
has been finally set for a 2 August opening. The film was
initially slated
to release on 17 May, but later
pushed by a few months
to release on 12 July,
clashing
with Hrithik Roshan-starrer biographical drama Super 30
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Poster of Jabariya Jodi[/caption] Steered by debutant director Prashant Singh, Jabariya Jodi revolves around the a man in Bihar who has made a business out of abducting grooms. The film marks Sidharth and Parineeti’s second collaboration after Yash Raj Films’ Hasee Toh Phasee. Apart from the duo, the film also stars Aparshakti Khurrana, Sanjay Mishra, Neeraj Sood, Gopal Dutt, Javed Jaaferi and Chandan Roy Sanyal. Check out the announcement tweet
The film has been bankrolled by Ekta Kapoor under her banner Balaji Motion Pictures, and Shailesh R Singh. Malhotra will also feature in Milap Zaveri’s Marjaavaan, co-starring Tara Sutaria, Rakul Preet Singh and Riteish Deshmukh. Marjaavaan is scheduled to hit theatres on 2 October. He will also play Kargil hero Vikram Batra in the latter’s biopic titled Shershaah . Parineeti, on the other hand, will be next seen in Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar , which also features her Namaste England co-star Arjun Kapoor. She will also be seen in period drama Bhuj: The Pride of India and Saina Nehwal’s biopic , directed by Amol Gupte.