Actor Taapsee Pannu on Monday said she has started filming her upcoming sports drama “Rashmi Rocket”.
Set in Kutch, Gujarat, “Rashmi Rocket” stars Pannu within the name part of a gifted athlete and is directed by Akarsh Khurana, who helmed Irrfan Khan’s “Karwaan”.
Pannu took to Instagram and shared an image of herself on a race track.
“Let’s do this! #RashmiRocket,” the 33-year-old actor wrote.
The film, backed by producer Ronnie Screwvala’s banner RSVP, began filming last week.
The movie’s shoot was previously set to commence earlier this year but got delayed thanks to the coronavirus pandemic.
Actor Priyanshu Painyuli, who recently starred within the second season of the Amazon Prime Video web series “Mirzapur”, will feature alongside Pannu within the film.
The film is written by Nanda Periyasamy, Aniruddha Guha and Kanika Dhillon.
Composer Amit Trivedi, known for “Dev D”, “Lootera”, “Queen” and “Kedarnath”, are going to be scoring the music for the film.
“Rashmi Rocket”, produced by Screwvala along side Neha Anand and Pranjal Khandhdiya, is about to release next year.
Pannu was last seen in Anubhav Sinha’s “Thappad”, which released in February.
