Ali Zafar to Co-star Rishi Kapoor in Dhawan’s ‘Chashme Buddoor’

Last year, soon after the release of “Tere Bin Laden“, Ali Zafar auditioned for the remake of Chashme Buddoor to be directed by David Dhawan. After “Tere Bin Laden”, Dhawan was quite impressed by the Zafar’s comic timing and decided to cast him in his upcoming film. February this year, Zafar confirmed signing up for a romantic comedy film. Chashme Baddoor is a classic, directed by Sai Paranjpe in 1981 and is being remade by Dhawan.

Moments ago, we have learnt that the film will also feature Rishi Kapoor, Siddharth, Divyendu Sharma and Taapsee. Juhi Chawla and Anupam Kher are also set to play surprise roles in the movie.

Ali Zafar will be playing Farooq Shaikh’s role in this remake. The film has been re-written by the original director, Sai Paranjpye. Sai recognized a similarity between Ali and Shaikh, “Both Shaikh and Zafar are aristocratic and cultured. And there’s a certain masoomiyat (innocence) about them. When my co-writer Renuka and I began to re-write Chashme Buddoor for contemporary times, we immediately thought of Ali in Farooq’s role.”

The classic Chashme Baddoor is a story of three friends who had a thing for a girl ‘Neha’.