The first image of Anil's character of Mr Mehra from the Zoya Akhtar-directed film has been released and it shows the 58-year-old actor posing on a yacht wearing a stripped blue suit and rocking his grey-haired look.
"Meet the super cool suave and dashing Mr Mehra #DilDhadakneDo @AnilKapoor," producer Ritesh Sidwani posted on Twitter alongside the picture.
Anil is playing father to Priyanka Chopra and Ranveer Singh's characters in the film, which revolves around a dysfunctional Punjabi family on a cruise trip.
Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta and actor Riteish Deshmukh praised Anil's new look.
"The one and only.. The inimitable," Gupta posted on twitter.
While Riteish tweeted, "ZHAKAASSSS @ritesh_sid @AnilKapoor (sic).
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