‘Badhaai Ho’ Sequel To Go On Floors In January, With Bhumi & Rajkummar

Mumbai: The sequel of Badhaai Ho was announced on the second anniversary of the National Award-winning movie.

Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar, the lead cast of the sequel titled Badhaai Do, took to their respective Instagram accounts to officially announce the project. Shooting for the film will begin in January 2021.

This will be Bhumi and Rajkummar’s first movie together. Rajkummar posted a picture with his co-star Bhumi, and wrote: “Toh date pakki? Haath milao Bhumi Pednekar (sanitiser laga ke), 2021 ki shuruat badhaiyon ke sath. Badhaai Do.”

Bhumi replied, “Aye Rajkummar Rao. Time to say Badhaai Do, milte hain set pe, January 2021. Bring it on.”

Badhai Do will be helmed by Harshavardhan Kulkarni, produced by Junglee Pictures and the script is by Badhaai Ho writers Akshat Ghildial and Suman Adhikary.

“My heartiest wishes to team Badhaai Ho on the second anniversary of this gem of a film. I am super excited to be a part of this franchise, Badhaai Do. Family comedies are evergreen and the idea was to create wholesome entertainment that can be enjoyed with the entire family. Since the pandemic, we have been able to do some reading sessions and the chemistry between Raj and Bhumi is so palpable that I am really looking forward to capturing this for the big screen. Our pre-production is in full swing and we will start filming very soon in January,” india.com quoted director Harshavardhan as saying.

Rajkummar will essay the role of a Delhi cop, the only male policeman in an all-women police station, while Bhumi will play a PT teacher.

Badhaai Ho had starred Ayushmann Khurrana, Sanya Malhotra, Neena Gupta and Gajraj Rao.