After impressing the audience with their exceptional performances in Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury’s path-breaking film Pink in 2016, Amitabh Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu are reteaming for Sujoy Ghosh’s upcoming directorial venture, Badla.
The film, which is currently in production, is an official Hindi remake of the widely acclaimed Spanish movie Contratiempo (2016), which also released as The Invisible Guest in English. It revolves around a murder mystery.
The makers have now locked the release date for the much-awaited movie. Helmed by Sujoy Ghosh, Badla will hit the silver screen on March 8, 2019.
Taapsee, who plays the female lead in the film, took to her Twitter handle and tweeted, "This will KICKSTART my 2019! #Badla."
Sujoy tweeted, "Showtime!"
Badla is being produced by Sunir Kheterpal and Shah Rukh Khan.
Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment also announced the release date for the film on Twitter. "And we have a release date! #BADLA releases in cinemas near you on 8th March 2019. @SrBachchan @taapsee @sujoy_g @iamsrk @VenkyMysore @sunirkheterpal @_GauravVerma @redchilliesent @iAmAzure," read the tweet.
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