Shabana
Azmi,
last
seen
in
the
OTT
show
The
Empire,
has
been
busy
working
on
several
films
in
the
past
couple
of
months.
After
wrapping
up
a
What's
Love
Got
To
Do
With
It?
with
Emma
Thompson
and
Lily
James
in
London,
Shabana
has
been
shooting
for
Karan
Johar's
comedy-drama
Rocky
Aur
Rani
Ki
Prem
Kahani.
The
film
marks
Karan
Johar's
return
as
a
director
after
the
2016
release
Ae
Dil
Hai
Mushkil
featuring
Ranbir
Kapoor,
Anushka
Sharma
and
Aishwarya
Rai.
Written
by
Ishita
Moitra,
Shashank
Khaitan,
and
Sumit
Roy,
Rocky
Aur
Rani
Ki
Prem
Kahani
was
announced
on
July
6,
2021.
Karan
has
revealed
that
film
is
a
love
story,
but
"it's
not
your
regular
love
story.
Rocky
and
Rani
are
going
to
redefine
your
usual
love
stories
to
take
you
on
a
journey!"
Talking
about
working
on
the
Bollywood
film's
first
schedule
with
Karan
Johar,
Azmi
told
Free
Press
Journal,
"I
enjoyed
my
first
schedule.
Karan
is
lots
of
fun
and
pretty
relaxed
on
the
set.
I'm
looking
forward
to
the
outdoor
schedule
later
this
month."
She
also
opened
up
about
her
co-stars
Ranveer
Singh
and
Alia
Bhatt,
who
will
be
seen
playing
a
couple
in
the
film.
The
film
also
stars
the
veteran
actors
Dharmendra
and
Jaya
Bachchan.
Talking
about
them
she
said,
"Ranveer
is
intense
and
Alia
is
pretty
cool.
Dharamji
is
his
soft,
gentle
self
and
is
looking
great
mashallah.
Jaya
and
I
have
always
bonded
well."
Azmi
also
confessed
that
she
is
a
big
fan
of
Jaya
Bachchan
and
that
the
veteran
actress
was
the
reason
Azmi
joined
the
Film
and
Television
Institute
of
India
(FTII).
She
told
the
portal,
"I
was
bowled
over
by
her
performance
in
a
student
film,
Suman,
and
decided
to
head
to
Pune."
Coming
back
to
Rocky
Aur
Rani
Ki
Prem
Kahani,
the
film
will
see
Shabana
Azmi
and
Dharmendra
play
Alia
Bhatt's
grandparents,
while
Jaya
Bachchan
will
be
seen
playing
the
role
of
Ranveer
Singh's
grandmother.