Meghna Gulzar to recreate India and Pakistan for Alia Bhatts Raazi

23 Jun 2017

After the hard hitting Talvar , Meghna Gulzar is now ready for her next venture titled Raazi, which is being produced by Junglee Pictures and Dharma Productions. The film, which is based on Harinder Sikkas novel Calling Sehmat, will star Alia Bhatt in the lead role. The latest update on the same is that Raazi will now be shot in the serene locales of Kashmir and Punjab in a start-to-finish schedule from July. This will be followed by a minor portion in Mumbai. Speaking about the film, Meghna Gulzar said that she was trying to do something in a new space by recreating India and Pakistan of the seventies. She added that a lot of research had gone into getting the period and dialect correct. On the other hand, Priti Shahani (President- Junglee Pictures) said that they were extremely excited with the entire team that had come together with them with the story. Also, this is first time they were collaborating with Karan Johar.She also added that, while they spotted their Sehmat spotlessly in Alia Bhatt, and as for Meghna Gulzar, it was like a homecoming for them, post their last film Talvar. Karan Johar, on the other hand, took to the social media and posted, ALIA BHATT In #Raaziproduced by @DharmaMovies and @JungleePictures directed by @meghnagulzar AND welcome aboard @vickykaushal09. Besides Alia Bhatt, Raazi also stars Vicky Kaushal as the lead hero. Raazi , which happens to be an espionage thriller is about a Kashmiri girl (Alia Bhatt) who is married to an army officer (Vicky Kaushal) across the border who provides Indian intelligence agencies with priceless information during the 1971 Indo-Pak war.