Bollywood star Akshay Kumar on Monday said he is thrilled to be working with his favorite director Priyadarshan as he began shooting for his next "Bhooth Bangla", which he said would release on April 2, 2026.
Akshay took to his Instagram, where he posted a new poster of the film and captioned: "Beyond excited to be on set with my favourite @priyadarshan.official as we begin the shoot of our horror comedy #BhoothBangla today."
"Yeh darr aur hasi ka double dose aapke liye ready hoga 2nd April, 2026 ko! Tab tak ke liye aapke best wishes chahiye," he added.
Along with Akshay, in the upcoming horror comedy "Bhooth Bangla", filmmaker Priyadarshan will be featuring Paresh Rawal, Asrani and Rajpal Yadav in its cast.
The film is to be shot in early 2025 and will be hitting theaters at the end of the year. The casting is still going on. And three female lead characters' casting is yet to happen.
Akshay has previously worked with Paresh in films such as “Hera Pheri”, “Phir Hera Pheri” and “Garam Masala”. The “Khiladi” star shared screen space with Rajpal in “Bhool Bhulaiyaa” and “Bhagam Bhag”. Asrani and the “Khel Khel Mein” actor worked together in “Khatta Meetha”.
On his 57th birthday on September 9, Akshay announced that he is joining forces with director Priyadarshan once again after 14 years for the film.
He put up the motion poster of the film on X, a.k.a. Twitter. The image showed Akshay holding a bowl filled with a black cat standing on his shoulder.
"Thank you for your love on my birthday, year after year! Celebrating this year with the first look of 'Bhooth Bangla'! I'm beyond excited to join forces with Priyadarshan again after 14 years," wrote the actor, who last worked with the filmmaker in 2010 in the film "Khatta Meetha".
"This dream collaboration has been a long time coming… can't wait to share this incredible journey with you all. Stay tuned for the magic!"
Akshay Kumar and Priyadarshan have made many blockbusters together such as "Hera Pheri", "De Dana Dan", "Bhool Bhulaiyaa", "Garam Masala" and "Khatta Meetha" among others.
