Actor
Priyanshu
Painyuli
has
joined
the
cast
of
the
Taapsee
Pannu
starrer
Rashmi
Rocket.
He
will
be
playing
the
role
of
an
army
officer
and
Taapsee's
husband
in
the
sports
film.
Rashmi
Rocket
will
revolve
around
the
story
of
an
athlete
from
Gujarat.
Priyanshu,
who
was
last
seen
in
the
Netflix
original
film
Upstarts,
is
super
excited
to
be
a
part
of
Rashmi
Rocket.
The
actor
said
in
a
press
statement,
"This
is
looking
like
a
great
year
already
and
hopefully
the
start
of
a
great
decade
too.
In
Rashmi
Rocket,
I
will
be
playing
the
role
of
an
army
officer
in
the
film.
It's
a
matter
of
great
pride
for
me.
Since
I
come
from
the
defence
background,
playing
a
man
in
uniform
is
both
an
honor
and
responsibility."
He
added,
"It's
extremely
exciting
especially
after
my
last
film
Upstarts,
whose
universe
is
so
far
removed
from
the
world
this
film
is
set
in.
The
film
will
kickstart
next
month
and
we
will
shoot
across
Delhi,
Kutch,
Dehradun,
and
Mussoorie.
It's
a
fictional
film
but
it
is
inspired
by
real
events."
Rashmi
Rocket
will
be
Taapsee's
third
sports
oriented
film
after
Soorma
and
Saand
Ki
Aankh.
Starring
Diljit
Dosanjh,
Angad
Bedi
and
Taapsee,
Soorma
was
a
biopic
based
on
the
Hockey
player
Sandeep
Singh.
Saand
Ki
Aankh
too
was
a
biopic
on
the
'shooter
dadis'
Chandro
and
Prakashi
Tomar,
who
are
the
oldest
sharpshooters
in
the
world.
The
film
co-starred
Bhumi
Pednekar.
Another
upcoming
sports
biopic
that
Taapsee
will
be
seen
in
is
Shabaash
Mithu,
a
film
on
Indian
women's
cricket
captain
Mithali
Raj.
Rashmi
Rocket
is
being
directed
by
Akarsh
Khurana.