The shooting of Kizie Aur Manny, the Bollywood adaptation of The Fault In Our Stars, began in Jamshedpur. The film stars Sushant Singh Rajput and newcomer Sanjana Sanghi. Directed by casting director Mukesh Chhabra, here is a picture of the three on set:
The makers earlier released the poster of the film - a mask with Rajinikanth's face covers the back of actor Sushant Singh Rajput's head.
Sushant plays the title role with debutante Sanjana Sanghi in the movie, to be directed by Mukesh Chhabra. This will mark the popular casting director's maiden foray behind the camera.
In the poster, the actors' back face the camera as they sit atop a bus and gaze at the blue sky.
The shooting of the film, presented by Fox Star Studios, began in Jameshedpur on Monday.
Sushant shared the poster on his Twitter page.
The Hollywood movie The Fault in Our Stars was directed by Josh Boone. It received worldwide recognition with strong critical and commercial success for its portrayal of a sensitive and unique love story that blossoms between the two lead characters.
Actors Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort played the leads in the film which traces the life of a young girl suffering from cancer, who subsequently meets a boy at a support group and falls in love with him.
Josh Green, the authour of the book The Fault in Our Stars, had earlier said he found it amazing that his piece of work was being made into a film in India.
(With inputs from IANS)
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