Save The Date For Deepika And Irrfan's Next

The much awaited Piku Jodi, Deepika Padukone and Irrfan Khan are coming back on big screen for a film based on Mumbai's mafia. The movie is to be co-produced by Vishal Bharadwaj and KriArj Entertainment and is said to be directed by a first time director, Honey Trehan.

The film will be based on the story ‘Femme Fatale’, which is a part of S Hussain Zaidi's novel, Mafia Queens of Mumbai. Deepika will be seen essaying the role of a feared female don Rahima Khan aka Sapna Didi who made a plan to kill don Dawood Ibrahim to avenge the death of her husband. In the process, she gets killed herself.

The good news is that the movie has reportedly been slated to release on October 2, 2018.

Vishal Bharadwaj in a statement to the leading daily said, “Deepika had been persuading me to write the script and make a film on ‘Femme Fatale’. I’m happy that she loved the script and agreed to work with Honey on this.”

He also added, “Irrfan is an incredible actor. I’m looking forward to the two of them coming together in this film. Honey has been with me for than 15 years. I am sure he will add interesting nuances to the script.”