Meharbaani (Shaukeens 2014)

The Shaukeens is a Hindi comedy film directed by Abhishek Sharma. The film features Annu Kapoor, Piyush Mishra and Anupam Kher and Akshay Kumar in lead roles alongside Lisa Haydon

The project is a remake of the 1982 film Shaukeen directed by Basu Chatterjee, starring Ashok Kumar, Utpal Dutt, A. K. Hangal,Rati Agnihotri and Mithun Chakraborty. Partly shot in Mauritius, The Shaukeens was released on 7 November 2014.

Cast

• Akshay Kumar as Alcoholic Superstar
• Anupam Kher as Lali
• Annu Kapoor as KD
• Piyush Mishra as Pinky
• Lisa Haydon as Ahana
• Rati Agnihotri as Mrs. Lalwani
• Abhishek Bachchan in a special appearance
• Kareena Kapoor in a special appearance
• Sunil Shetty in a special appearance
• Michelle in a special appearance in the song Meherbani

Production

The shooting of the film started on April 25, 2014. The actors were shooting in a hotel room scene indoors and in June next schedule started in Mauritius, followed by a schedule in Delhi. Anupam Kher starts shooting in Delhi. Also, musical artist Honey Singh has been signed for a song in the film. Singh has earlier repeatedly collaborated with Akshay Kumar in the past, and after Kumar requested the rapper-performer for one special number for the film, Singh in turn offered him three songs for the film.

Initially, Nargis Fakhri was signed for the film but then left the project for an unnamed Hollywood film, then, this role offered to Shraddha Kapoor. The part was then offered to Lisa Haydon who accepted. Akshay Kumar signed to play the partner of Haydon's character, a role which Mithun Chakraborty had portrayed in the original film

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