Janhvi Kapoor joins Rajkummar Rao, Varun Sharma's upcoming horror comedy Rooh-Afza

Janhvi Kapoor has been roped in for Rooh Afza , Rajkummar Rao’s next horror comedy after Stree. The film will reunite Rao with Maddock Films producer Dinesh Vijan. Varun Sharma (Fukrey, Dilwale) will also feature in a pivotal role. The makers made an official announcement via the production banner’s official social media account on 29 March.

Hardik Mehta will direct from a script by Gautam Mehra and Mrighdeep Singh Lamba, who will also serve as producer. It was previously reported that set in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, Rooh-Afza will narrate the story of a few town dwellers and their encounters with a witch or chudail. Like Stree, the upcoming feature is also based on a folk tale,  according to which every time a wedding happens in the town, the women come together to keep the groom awake through the night, so that the chudail is unable to put him to sleep with a lullaby. It is believed that if the groom sleeps off, then the newly-married couple would have to bear the wrath of the chudail all their life. Janhvi, who made her acting debut with Dhadak , a Hindi remake of Sairat, will also be seen in Karan Johar’s historical drama  Takht  and a biopic based on IAF pilot Gunjan Saxena . Rooh Afza will go on floors in June 2019 and is scheduled to release in cinemas on 20 March, 2020.