As we wait with bated breath to watch Deepika Padukone alongside Vin Diesel and Ruby Rose in xXx: Return of Xander Cage, the Bollywood superstar has bagged a role in Academy Award-nominated Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi's next.
Stills from Majid Majidi's upcoming project, which is going to be a film based in India, have captured Deepika in an avatar she has never donned before.
The glamorous actress will be playing the role of a rag-picker in Mumbai, dna reported.
Deepika Padukone is going to do popular Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi's next film. Here's some pictures from look test... @deepikapadukone pic.twitter.com/1XfZMQ9YFI
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"It is an Indian story and will be shot in Mumbai, Delhi, parts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan and Kashmir. It will take off towards the year-end or early 2017 and is a signature Majidi film with new takes on relationships and emotional quotients", casting director Honey Trehan told dna.
Trehan also said that the untitled project will be shot n India towards the end of 2016, or early 2017.
Majidi, one of Iran's most celebrated directors, has to his name a number of award-winning films such as The Colour of Paradise, Baran, The Song of Sparrows, Muhammad: The Messenger of God and the Oscar nominated Children of Heaven.