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Akshay Kumar to star in Neeraj Pandey's 'Rustom'

Pandey is currently working on Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's biopic, starring Sushant Singh Rajput

Akshay Kumar to star in Neeraj Pandey's 'Rustom'

Press Trust of India Mumbai
Superstar Akshay Kumar is set to collaborate again with filmmaker Neeraj Pandey for his next, "Rustom".

The romantic-thriller will be Akshay and "A Wednesday" director Pandey's third film after their 2013 movie "Special 26" and this year's espionage-action thriller "Baby".

The "Brothers" actor, who celebrates his 48th birthday today, took to Twitter to announce the news.

"Thrilled to announce Neeraj Pandey & I are collaborating for a romantic thriller #Rustom releasing on Aug 12, 2016! Hoping to be third time lucky..."

The actor rang in his birthday with a late night dinner with wife, Twinkle Khanna.

She wished him on his birthday and shared a picture of the duo.
 
"All set for the birthday boy's dinner #happybirthday."

Akshay will be next seen in Prabhudheva's action-comedy "Singh Is Bliing" and Raja Krishna Menon's "Airlift", which also stars "The Lunchbox" actress Nimrat Kaur.

Pandey is currently working on Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's biopic, "MS Dhoni: The Untold Story", starring Sushant Singh Rajput in the titular role.

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First Published: Sep 09 2015 | 10:57 AM IST

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