Exciting new pairing alert! If reports are to believed Sara Ali Khan and Vijay Varma are all set to team up for the first time on screen from Homi Adajania’s next, titled ‘Murder Mubarak’.
According to a leading portal’s report, “Sara Ali Khan and Vijay Varma have been signed in to headline Homi Adajania’s Murder Mubarak. Both actors have come aboard to play the roles that were previously intended for Janhvi Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapur. Sources say Sara and Vijay were locked in soon after the previous supposed actors dropped out.
Contrary to rumours, Arjun Kapoor was never considered for the male lead, as the director and producers always wanted Vijay Varma opposite Sara. Pankaj Tripathi and Dimple Kapadia are still part of this film, while the casting for other supporting characters is still underway. The film is said to be an ensemble cast drama and will be made along the lines of the Hollywood thriller, Knives Out.”
Sara Ali Khan and Vijay Varma’s casting makes for a fresh pairing, and they are believed to have tongue-in-cheek chemistry in the film.
Vijay was last seen in ‘Darlings’ opposite Alia Bhatt and Shefali Shah. He will be seen alongside Kareena Kapoor Khan and Jaideep Ahlawat in Sujoy Ghosh’s The Devotion of Suspect X and opposite Tamannah Bhatia in the same director’s segment for Lust Stories season 2. On the series front, he has Dahaad and Mirzapur 3 with Amazon Prime Video and an untitled crime thriller series directed by Sumit Saxena.
Sara will be next seen in Anurag Basu’s Metro… In Dino with Aditya Roy Kapur. She also has some portions left in Dharmatic Entertainment’s Amazon Prime film, Ae Watan… Mere Watan, which she will complete before diving into Murder Mubarak. Apart from these, she also has two films ready for release this year, which include Pawan Kripalani’s Gaslight with Vikrant Massey and Chitrangda Singh; and Laxman Utekar’s film with Vicky Kaushal.
