Jacqueline
Fernandez
recently
jetted
off
to
Jaisalmer
to
start
shooting
for
her
upcoming
film,
Akshay
Kumar-starrer
Bachchan
Pandey.
On
the
first
day
of
shoot,
the
actress
shared
a
picture
with
her
co-star
Akshay
and
wrote,
"The
mostttt
excited
today
as
I
start
shooting
with
@akshaykumar
for
#SajidNadiadwala's
#BachchanPandey
directed
by
@farhadsamji
🎬🔥
Are
you
ready
to
meet
this
gang
in
cinemas
next
year?"
Now,
here's
some
exciting
scoop
about
Jacqueline's
role
in
this
mass
entertainer.
As
per
a
report
in
Bollywood
Hungama,
the
actress
essays
the
role
of
Akshay
Kumar's
past
in
the
film.
The
entertainment
portal
quoted
a
source
as
saying,
"Jacqueline
is
a
part
of
flashback
scenes
in
Bachchan
Pandey,
romancing
Akshay's
character
in
his
younger
days.
While
Akshay
plays
a
bearded
gangster
in
the
present
scenes,
paired
alongside
Kriti
Sanon,
an
aspiring
director,
he
romances
Jacqueline
in
his
moustache
look
in
the
flashback
scenes."
The
report
further
stated
that
Jacqueline's
shooting
schedule
is
of
7
to
10
days,
and
the
makers
are
planning
to
wrap
up
the
film's
shoot
by
March
1.
The
same
source
further
shared,
"She
will
be
shooting
for
some
key
scenes
forming
the
emotional
crust
of
the
film,
and
a
romantic
song
with
Akshay
in
Jaisalmer.
The
shoot
of
Bachchan
Pandey
is
expected
to
wrap
up
on
Feb
28/March
1,
followed
by
some
patchwork
in
Mumbai."
Meanwhile,
Kriti
Sanon
who
plays
the
other
leading
lady,
recently
penned
a
note
of
gratitude
to
thank
her
team
as
she
announced
a
schedule
wrap
for
her
on
Bachchan
Pandey.
The
actress
opened
up
about
her
experience
of
working
on
this
film,
and
talked
about
how
time
flew
past
with
shooting
in
Jaisalmer
with
Akshay
and
others.
Directed
by
Farhad
Samji
and
bankrolled
by
Sajid
Nadiadwala,
Bachchan
Pandey
also
stars
Aeshad
Warsi
and
Pankaj
Tripathi
in
pivotal
roles.
The
film
is
scheduled
to
release
on
January
26,
2022.