Ishaan Khatter, Janhvi Kapoor start shooting for Dhadak

Janhvi Kapoor’s debut, ‘Dhadak’, that features ‘Beyond the Clouds’ debutant Ishaan Khatter as the male lead, kicked off today in Udaipur. Director Shashank Khaitan, who has previously helmed ‘Badrinath Ki Dulhania’, had been prepping for his next for a better part of the year and is confident of his leads. To be shot across Rajasthan, the film is a Hindi remake of Nagraj Manjule’s Marathi hit, ‘Sairat’, which had featured Akash Thosar and Rinku Rajguru in the lead.

Janhvi and Ishaan have been working for months on their dialect and dancing skills to get into the skin of their characters. Speaking about the shoot Shashank said, “It won’t be a long shoot; we are wrapping up by March for a July release next year, but the prep for the film had started in May. When you take up the responsibility to adapt a film like ‘Sairat’ by putting it in a different region, you want to be well-prepared and not be complacent about prep. It is the most crucial part of all my films. We have tried to be as authentic as possible with Janhvi and Ishaan’s characters.” ‘Dhadak’ will be produced by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions.

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