Actor Ranveer Singh and filmmaker Rohit Shetty are all set to reunite to adapt Shakespearean comedy for the Bollywood screen. Titled Cirkus, their new collaboration is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play The Comedy Of Errors, with Ranveer essaying a double role.
Besides Ranveer in the lead, Shetty's film also features Pooja Hegde, Jacqueline Fernandez, Varun Sharma, Siddhartha Jadhav, Johnny Lever, Sanjay Mishra, Vrajesh Hirjee, Vijay Patkar, Sulbha Arya, Mukesh Tiwari, Anil Charanjeett, Ashwini Kalsekar, and Murli Sharma. Now, Johnny Lever has joined the cast and Ranveer himself has confirmed it.
Taking to his Instagram stories, Ranveer, who is shooting for the film in Mumbai, shared a photo of Johny's vanity van door. In the photo, a paper with Johny Lever's name on it is seen stuck to a glass window. It also shows Rohit Shetty Productionz right above Johny Lever's name. Sharing the photo, Ranveer wrote, "The one... The only".
Cirkus went on floors this month and will be shot in Mumbai, Ooty, and Goa. T-Series presents in association with Reliance Entertainment, Cirkus, produced and directed by Rohit Shetty. The film is set to release in the winter of 2021.
(Source: Instagram)