Hrithik begins shooting for Fighter

Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan, who was most recently seen in Vikram Vedha, has finally started the shoot of his next movie Fighter in which he will be sharing the screen with Deepika Padukone.

The movie, which will be directed by Hrithik’s War director, Siddharth Anand, will also star Anil Kapoor in the lead.

Taking to social media, Marflix Productions, the banner producing Fighter, shared a picture of Hrithik Roshan along with director Siddharth Anand flying off for the shoot. In the caption, they wrote “And it begins. #FIGHTER (sic).”

Fighter, which is an aerial action film, marks the first ever on-screen collaboration of Deepika Padukone and Hrithik Roshan and the actor’s third collaboration with director Siddharth Anand after Bang Bang and War. The makers of the film are eyeing for the January 25, 2024 release of the film in theatres.

Earlier, Hrithik had taken to his Instagram, to share a new poster which he captioned, “25th January 2024 – see you at the theatres! #Fighter.” Deepika, on the other hand, captioned the post, “Fasten your seat-belts! #FIGHTER, India’s first aerial action film, releases on 25th January 2024 (sic).” While the first schedule will be wrapped up by November-end, it won’t be until 2023 that the unit will resume work on the movie. Reason — Pathaan.

The director will dedicate December, and January 2023 for his passion project, which marks Shah Rukh Khan’s return to the big screen after over four years. It is only after the espionage thriller hits the marquee on January 25 that Anand will focus again on the Roshan-starrer. Fighter marks the director’s third collaboration with his leads, while Roshan and he delivered hits in Bang Bang (2014) and War (2019), Anand teamed up with Padukone for Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008) and the upcoming Pathaan.