R Madhavan plays 40-year-old virgin opposite Fatima Sana Shaikh
R Madhavan plays
40-year-old virgin opposite Fatima Sana Shaikh
R Madhavan-Fatima Sana Shaikh kick-off shoot of the tentatively-titled Tharki that is centered around a 40-something virgin’s romance with a younger woman on a dating app
A new romance amidst two biggies of the Hindi Cinema R Madhavan and Fatima Sana Shaikh is looming in the city. It was only last month, there was a report that R Madhavan and Fatima Sana Shaikh were set to share screen space
for a love story.
Now, it is learnt that the project has gone on floors. From what we’ve heard, it’s a May-December romance of sorts, with Madhavan’s character coming across a younger woman on a dating app. Sources reveal that it is tentatively titled Tharki.
Vivek Soni, who earlier helmed Sanya Malhotra and Abhimanyu Dassani-starrer Meenakshi Sundareshwar is offering a light-hearted take on the unusual love story.
An insider reveals, that Madhavan plays a virgin, who is in his mid-40s. He comes across Fatima’s character, a woman in her early 30s, on a dating app, and how the two fall in love forms the crux of the story.
It’s a quirky and contemporary take on the relationship.”
The cast includes Namit Das, who plays the protagonist’s close friend, and Karan Wahi in a special appearance. While the film rolled in Mumbai in early November, the unit’s next stop will be Kolkata in December.
The OTT film, produced by Karan Johar’s Dharmatic Entertainment, streams on Netflix. Notedly, Tharki marks Madhavan’s return to the rom-com genre almost a decade after Tanu Weds Manu Returns in 2015.
Infact, Madhavan’s fans in the Hindi audience have always enjoyed his romantic comedies, be it the Tanu Weds Manu franchise or Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein in 2001 that found a wide fan base over the decades.
Tharki will be the perfect payoff for them, after his intense portrayals in Shaitaan and Rocketry: The Nambi Effect in 2022. Madhavan will also be seen in another romantic comedy,
De De Pyaar De 2, but the love story won’t be centred on his character. Fatima Shaikh, meanwhile, also has Anurag Basu’s Metro… In Dino in the pipeline.
News Edit KV Raman
