Vidya Balan's next project with Tumhari Sulu director Suresh Triveni is titled Jalsa

Tumhari Sulu (2018) director Suresh Triveni's next project with Abundantia Entertainment has gone on the floors. The film will reunite the director with Vidya Balan, lead actress of his directorial debut film. Vidya will be joined by Shefali Shah in the film.

The first poster for the film was released on the occasion of the project going on the floors. The poster captures a bird's eye view of the city of Mumbai, overlooking the iconic Bandra-Worli sea link.

The ensemble cast will include Rohini Hattangadi, Iqbal Khan, Vidhatri Bandi, Gurpal Singh and Surya Kasibhatla (making his debut) with Manav Kaul in a special appearance.

Jalsa is written by Prajwal Chandrashekhar and Suresh Triveni, with dialogues by Hussain and Abbas Dalal.

Speaking about the film, the writer-director said, “It is my absolute pleasure to collaborate with T-Series and Abundantia Entertainment on Jalsa and to work with my fantastic crew and cast led by Vidya and Shefali. With Jalsa, we hope to engage, thrill and entertain movie-watchers with a unique tale of powerful characters and precarious circumstances."

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Vidya Balan added, "I’m very excited to collaborate again with Suresh. Tumhari Sulu was a one-of-a-kind fun experience and I look forward to us creating something special with Jalsa. Jalsa is an edgy but human story and I can’t wait to start work on it and then share it with the world.

"I’m also delighted to reunite with Abundantia Entertainment and T-series on the back of Sherni (2021) and look forward to working with Shefali whom I have admired for long as also the rest of amazing cast and awesome crew.”

The film is backed by Vikram Malhotra's Abundantia Entertainment and Bhushan Kumar's T-Series. Abundantia has come on board to collaborate with Suresh Triveni on three projects.

Speaking about Jalsa, actress Shefali Shah said, “I am sooooo excited to be a part of Jalsa! It is a story with such a unique perspective that when Suresh first told me about it, I knew I just had to do it. I’m also excited to work with Vidya, whose work I have deeply admired. It’s also wonderful that I’m working with producers like Abundantia Entertainment and T-Series, two companies that are at the forefront of curating interesting and engaging content.”

The film marks the fourth collaboration between the two production houses after Baby (2015), Airlift (2016) and Sherni (2021).

Bhushan Kumar, producer and managing director, T-Series, said, “I can proudly say that in recent times, Jalsa has been one of the sharpest scripts that T-Series and I have had a chance to partner on. And with actors like Vidya Balan and Shefali Shah leading it, the film becomes even more special.

"I’m delighted to work again with Suresh and, of course, very happy to join hands with Vikram and team once again, taking our collaboration further.”

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Vikram Malhotra, producer and chief executive officer, Abundantia Entertainment, added, “It is a proud day for Abundantia Entertainment to assemble amazing creative talent like Vidya, Shefali and Suresh in one film! Jalsa underpins our vision of enabling powerful stories and progressive storytellers. I’m thrilled to partner with Suresh, the talented debutant writer Prajwal as well as a terrific team to take Suresh’s vision forward. Working with T-Series is a successful habit now and I look forward to yet another winning outing.”

Jalsa is expected to be ready for release in 2022.