Ayushmann Khurrana gets on board for Shubh Mangal Saavdhan sequel

Ayushmann Khurrana’s 2017 hit Shubh Mangal Saavdhan is getting a sequel. Titled Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, the new film will revolve around the subject of homosexuality. The upcoming installment will be produced by Anand L. Rai’s Colour Yellow Productions and directed by Hitesh Kewalya, who wrote the first film. 

Directed by R. S. Prassana, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan was adapted from his 2013 Tamil romantic comedy, Kalyana Samayal Saadham. The Hindi version starred Ayushmann in the role of a newly-married man suffering from performance anxiety. Bhumi Pednekar played the female lead. Released in 2017, the film was a commercial and critical success. 

Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan will go on floors in the last week of August and release in early 2020. Ayushmann Khurrana recently started filming for Amar Kaushik’s Bala, wherein he plays a man dealing with premature baldness. He has also wrapped up the shoot of Anubhav Sinha’s Article 15, which revolves around discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth.