Anil Kapoor plays the titular role of Fanney Khan in the satirical comedy

June 26th, 2018 | by vBollywood Author

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Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor has been entertaining movie goers for the last 35 years and has won two National awards, he is all set to star again in Fanney Khan. The recently released teaser of the upcoming film reveals that the 61-year-old actor is still true to his profession. The one minute long teaser begins with enthusiastic audience cheering for Fanney Khan and Rajkummar Rao’s voice sharing the meaning of the name. We get to see a few beautiful glimpses of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. We also get to see Anil Kapoor engrossed in playing as an musician.

Sharing the teaser, Anil tweeted, “Jo khud apni kahani likhe woh hi hai #FanneyKhan…(the one who writes his own story is Fanney Khan).”

A few days ago, the makers shared the first poster of Fanney Khan which had Anil Kapoor showing his back to the viewers. Pictures of late Bollywood legends Shammi Kapoor and Mohammad Rafi. Fanney Khan is an official remake of 73rd Academy Awards nominee Belgian film Everybody’s Famous! The satirical comedy film released in the year 2000, narrates the story of a young girl who is forced to be a musical star by her parents. In the poster, Anil also appeared to be an aspirational singer as he is seen a lunchbox in one hand and a trumpet in another.

Earlier in an interview with the reporters, Rakesysh Omprakash Mehra had described the film as a “beautiful story” of a father and daughter and says a lot about music and women artistes. “Do we watch their bodies or hear their songs? Do we watch the glamour and skin? Are we watching songs these days or are we hearing them? A staggering 98.2 per cent women in the world are subjected to body shaming… The film tries to tackle these questions,” he had said.

Fanney Khan features Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Rajkummar Rao and Divya Dutta in lead roles. A few reports suggest that Aishwarya plays the role of a music sensation and Rajkummar is her love interest. The film is directed by Atul Manjrekar and co-produced by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and T-Series. Fanney Khan is scheduled to hit the theatres on August 3. It will clash with Irrfan Khan and Dulquer Salmaan starrer Karwaan at the box office.

Photo courtesy: www.indianexpress.com