Pooja Hegde joins Shahid Kapoor in ‘Koi Shaq’

Pooja Hegde who was last seen in Salman Khan’s ‘Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan’ has paired opposite of Shahid Kapoor.

According to Pinkvila, Shahid Kapoor is on a roll, keeping himself busy with back-to-back work commitments in the post pandemic world. Post Jersey, the actor complete two projects for the digital world – the Raj and DK directed Farzi and the Ali Abbas Zafar directorial, Bloody Daddy. He then dived into the yet untitled romantic comedy for Dinesh Vijan with Kriti Sanon. Pinkvilla had previously reported that Shahid Kapoor is in talks with Rosshan Andrrews for a thriller. And now, we have exclusively learnt that Rosshan Andrrews and Siddharth Roy Kapur have locked Pooja Hegde to play the female lead in this film.

“Rosshan and Siddharth wanted to go ahead with a fresh casting and they have zeroed in on Pooja Hegde to play the female lead alongside Shahid Kapoor. It’s an action thriller and the team is excited to take it on floors,” revealed a source close to the development. The Rosshan Andrrew film is titled Koi Shaq, blending well with the theme of the film, which is done it zone of an action thriller. The film is produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur with Zee Studios.

“It was not titled for the longest time but the team has finally got a very relevant title. Koi Shaq gives the vibe of an engaging murder mystery with action. The film was going to go on floors on May 8, but the shoot schedule is yet to be chalked out, as there seems to be a delay at this point of time,” the source added.