Raja Krishna Menon, who has previously directed the Akshay Kumar-starrer
Airlift
and the gastronomical drama
Chef
with Saif Ali Khan, will now be producing the yet-untitled directorial debut of his associate Uday Singh, which is going to feature
Bhavesh Joshi Superhero
actor
Priyanshu Painyuli
in the lead. [caption id=“attachment_4721981” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Raja Krishna Menon (left) and Priyanshu Painyuli. Facebook/@socialnewsxyz, @priyanshu.painyuli[/caption] Uday had worked with National Award-winning filmmaker
Sudhir Mishra
on Yeh Saali Zindagi and
Inkaar
before he assisted Menon on Airlift. Priyanshu Painyuli told
Pune Mirror
that he was approached for the film last year following the wrap up of the shoot for _Bhavesh Joshi Superhero. “_I was excited when I learnt that Raja sir is producing the film.” he said, adding that he was a huge fan of Menon. The story, informed Painyuli, according to the Pune Mirror report, is set in Bangalore and centres around three friends from IT background who form a start-up. “In the story, my character Kapil gets stuck between his belief system and the ideas with which their investors come on board. Uday is from the IT sector, having worked at Microsoft years ago. That experience has come in handy,” he added.
Raja Krishna Menon’s upcoming film
is based on the life of a boxer and will be featuring Shahid Kapoor in the lead role.