Interesting! Ayushmann Khurrana To Dress Up As Sita, Draupadi & Radha In His Next 'Dream Girl'
Raaj Shaandilyaa says his directorial debut Dream Girl is a sweet simple comedy that features Ayushmann Khurrana as a man who dresses up as female characters like Sita, Draupadi and Radha.
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By Pti
Raaj
Shaandilyaa
says
his
directorial
debut
Dream
Girl
is
a
sweet
simple
comedy
that
features
Ayushmann
Khurrana
as
a
man
who
dresses
up
as
female
characters
like
Sita,
Draupadi
and
Radha.
The
film,
produced
by
Ekta
Kapoor,
is
slated
to
be
released
in
September.
"I
can't
reveal
much
about
the
film
but
the
title
fairly
reveals
the
story.
What
I
can
tell
you
is
that
Ayushmann
becomes
Sita
from
Ramayana,
Draupadi
from
Mahabharata
and
Radha
from
Krishna
Leela.
Now
why
he
becomes
them
and
how,
that's
what
the
story
is
about," Shaandilya
told
PTI.
The
director
said
the
film
is
set
in
Mathura
and
Ayushmann
will
be
heard
speaking
Haryanvi
and
Hindi
languages
in
the
local
accent.
Shaandilya
praised
the
Andhadhun
star
for
his
hard
work
and
dedication.
"Ayushmann
is
a
very
simple,
sincere
actor.
There's
no
ego
or
attitude
in
him.
He
works
like
it's
his
first
film.
When
an
actor
is
so
flexible
and
giving,
it
immensely
helps
the
film.
Working
with
him
is
like
making
one
of
the
most
wonderful
films
of
your
life,"
he
said.
The
director
said
the
inception
of
Dream
Girl
can
be
traced
back
to
2013,
when
his
co
writer
Nirman
approached
him
with
the
concept.
"I
was
busy
with
'Welcome
Back' and
'Comedy
Circus'
(show)
and
so
we
could
never
really
sit
down
and
discuss
the
script.
In
2015,
we
revisited
the
concept.
"I
felt
it
was
difficult
to
make
it
at
that
point
as
the
story
was
quite
raw.
Then
we
went
to
Igatpuri
(in
Maharashtra),
where
I
gave
myself
a
day
to
work
on
the
story.
We
completed
half
of
the
screenplay
within
a
day,"
he
added.
Starting
his
career
in
2006,
Shaandilya
has
written
around
600
scripts
for
comics
Kapil
Sharma,
Krushna
Abhishek
and
Sudesh
Lehri
combined
as
the
lead
writer
and
content
director
for
Comedy
Circus.
Writing
for
comedy
shows
came
in
handy
for
Dream
Girl,
the
director
said.
"Writing
dialogues
was
the
main
work
that
we
did
on
those
shows.
As
I
used
to
churn
out
four-five
scripts
for
TV
quickly,
it
helped
me
a
lot
with
this
film," he
added.
Dream
Girl
also
stars
Nushrat
Bharucha
and
Manjot
Singh.