Emraan Hashmi with the producers of Cheat India. (Image courtesy: Emraan Hashmi)
Highlights
- Emraan Hashmi will next star in Cheat India
- Cheat India will be based on Indian education system
- The film is slated to release in February, next year
, will soon star in
Cheat India, which is inspired by real incidents on the Indian education system. On Tuesday, Emraan shared the news on Twitter with a picture, featuring himself and the production partners of
Cheat India. "Emraan Hashmi Films is delighted to partner with T-Series (Bhushan Kumar) and Ellipsis Entertainment (Tanuj Garg, Atul Kasbekar) on
Cheat India, a compelling, edge-of-the-seat drama inspired by real incidents in the Indian education system. To be directed by Soumik Sen and slated for a February 2019 worldwide release," Emraan Hashmi tweeted. In no time, the title of Emraan's new film went viral and is already trending on Twitter.
Emraan posted the same picture on Instagram and of his upcoming film
Cheat India, he wrote: "It is one of the most engaging and riveting scripts I've read in a long, long time." He also added: "The edge-of-the-seat drama will take a startling look at the crimes in the Indian education system which has created a parallel ecosystem infested with a mafia of sorts. I am sure that every student and youth will hugely relate to the subject. In an era marked by the success of content alone, I'm excited to be essaying a character which I believe will be a landmark one in my filmography."
Soumik Sen has earlier directed films like
Gulaab Gang, starring Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla. Of his new film, Soumik Sen earlier told news agency IANS: "This film is for every Indian student who is under pressure to excel in a competitive environment. Today's youth will hugely relate to
Cheat India."
Emraan Hashmi is star of films such
as Murder, Aksar, Raaz - The Mystery Continues,Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai and
Raaz 3D. He was last seen in
Baadshaho, co-starring Ajay Devgn and Ileana D'Cruz.
Cheat India will hit the screens in February, next year.
(With inputs from IANS)