Sidharth Malhotra and Sonakshi Sinha step into the shoes of Rajesh Khanna and Nanda in the remake of the 1969 film, Ittefaq, produced by BR Studios. The posters of the film were released last night and this morning by the film’s producers and cast. Ittefaq (2017) will be co-produced between Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions, Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment and BR Studios.
Malhotra is set to play a character accused of the murder of his wife. He shared the first poster of the upcoming film on Twitter with the caption, “Would you believe me if I say it was all just an Ittefaq? Know my story in #Ittefaq”. The poster shows him gazing in disbelief at his hands which are locked in handcuffs.
The story of Ittefaq takes place over one night and the original film, directed by Yash Chopra, did not have any songs. This remake will be directed by BR Chopra’s grandson Abhay Chopra, son of filmmaker Ravi Chopra, who has studied filmmaking in New York. Abhay shared a room with actor Ranbir Kapoor when they were both students in the Big Apple.
Ittefaq will be released on 3 November 2017.