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Ayushmann, Bhumi and Yami starrer Bala goes on floors today

Ayushmann Khurrana is all set to reunite with his co-stars Bhumi Pednekar and Yami Gautam on the big screen in the upcoming film Bala. While this will be his third film with Bhumi, it will be for the second time when we will get to see Ayushmann and Yami on the big screen together. The two actors had made their Bollywood debut with Vicky Donor.

Bala is being directed by Amar Kaushik, who had made his directorial debut with last year's release Stree. The shooting of Bala started today and Ayushmann took to Twitter to share a teaser poster of the film. He tweeted, "Excitement is in the hair.. err air!


The shooting for #Bala begins today! ?

#DineshVijan @amarkaushik @bhumipednekar @yamigautam @saurabhshukla_s @jaavedjaaferi #SeemaPahwa @MaddockFilms @JioCinema."

Ayushmann plays the role of a guy who is balding prematurely and his nickname in the film is Bala. Bhumi will be seen as a dusky small town girl and Yami plays the role of a supermodel from Lucknow.

Talking about the film, producer Dinesh Vijan said "This time last year we were shooting Stree, and it’s surreal that we are starting another film with Amar today. Bala is entertaining witty and lovable, and we have a great cast to tell this story!"

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