Khel Khel Mein (2024 film)

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Khel Khel Mein
Directed by Mudassar Aziz
Written by Mudassar Aziz
Produced by Bhushan Kumar
Krishan Kumar
Vipul D. Shah
Shashikant Sinha
Starring
CinematographyManoj Kumar Khatoi
Edited byNinad Khanolkar
Production
companies
T-Series
Wakaoo Films
White World Productions
Release date
  • 16 August 2024 (2024-08-16)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Khel Khel Mein is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language comedy film written and directed by Mudassar Aziz. An official remake of the 2016 Italian film Perfect Strangers , it is jointly produced by T-Series, Wakaoo Films and White World Productions. The film features an ensemble cast of Akshay Kumar, Taapsee Pannu, Fardeen Khan, Vaani Kapoor, Ammy Virk, Pragya Jaiswal and Aditya Seal. It is scheduled to release on after only one day 16 August 2024. [1] [2]

Contents

Cast

Production

Casting

Akshay Kumar and Taapsee Pannu were cast as the leads. [3] Later, Fardeen Khan joined the cast marking his return to films after 14 years. Vaani Kapoor, Pragya Jaiswal, Ammy Virk and Aditya Seal were then cast in other prominent roles. [4] [5] [6]

Filming

The principal photography was commenced in October 2023. [7] The film has been mainly shot in London and Udaipur. The filming was wrapped up in March 2024. [8] [9]

Release

The film was earlier scheduled to release on 6 September 2024, but was preponed to 16 August 2024, for an Independence Day after only one day week release. [10] [11]

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