Ayushmann Khurrana & Bhumi Pednekar Roped In For Amar Kaushik's Bala
After Stree, director Amar Kaushik's next film Bala is also set in a small town and revolves around a prematurely balding man and a woman facing prejudice because of her skin colour.
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By Pti
After
Stree,
director
Amar
Kaushik's
next
film
Bala
is
also
set
in
a
small
town
and
revolves
around
a
prematurely
balding
man
and
a
woman
facing
prejudice
because
of
her
skin
colour.
Bala,
features
Ayushmann
Khurrana
and
Bhumi
Pednekar.
"Our
film
is
set
in
Kanpur.
I
come
from
small
town
and
I
develop
characters
from
reality,
the
situations
are
from
real
life," Kaushik
told
PTI.
Bala
marks
the
third
outing
for
Ayushmann
and
Bhumi,
who
have
previously
worked
in
Dum
Laga
Ke
Haisha
and
Shubh
Mangal
Saavdhan.
"We
felt
Ayushmann
and
Bhumi
were
apt
for
this
film.
They
have
worked
together
on
two
films
that
highlighted
social
issues,
taboo.
Having
them
with
us
we
are
hopeful
there
will
be
a
connect
People
love
to
see
such
stories," Kaushik
said.
"Dinesh
Vijan
(producer)
had
the
idea
and
I
was
working
on
the
film
as
a
creative-director
but
later
I
got
attached
to
it
and
felt
I
should
direct
it."
The
film
will
go
on
floors
in
the
next
10-15
days.
Besides
this
film,
Kaushik
says
there
are
plan
to
make
the
sequel
of
Stree.
"It
will
happen
next
year.
We
have
some
ideas
for
'Stree
2'.
However,
we
are
not
in
a
hurry
to
make
it.
The
expectations
are
high
on
'Stree
2'
so
we
want
to
give
our
best
shot," he
says.
"Stree
2
will
have
the
same
cast
and
crew
including
Raj
and
DK
(writer
and
producer
of
the
film
Raj
Nidimoru
and
Krishna
DK)
Shraddha
Kapoor
and
Pankaj
Tripathi.