The adaptation of BR Chopra’s 1978 film Pati Patni Aur Woh will be starring actors Kartik Aaryan, Bhumi Pednekar and Ananya Panday.

Taran Adarsh, trade analyst and film critic, shared the news on Twitter on 19 January. “Kartik Aaryan, Bhumi Pednekar and Ananya Pandey… BR Chopra’s evergreen classic#PatiPatniAurWoh [1978; starring Sanjeev Kumar, Vidya Sinha and Ranjeeta] to be remade… Directed by Mudassar Aziz… Produced by Bhushan Kumar, Juno Chopra and Abhay Chopra… Starts Feb 2019,” he wrote.

Kartik Aaryan, Bhumi Pednekar and Ananya Pandey… BR Chopra’s evergreen classic #PatiPatniAurWoh [1978; starring Sanjeev Kumar, Vidya Sinha and Ranjeeta] to be remade… Directed by Mudassar Aziz… Produced by Bhushan Kumar, Juno Chopra and Abhay Chopra… Starts Feb 2019. pic.twitter.com/0NjriTrjog

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— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) January 19, 2019

Production houses, T-Series and BR Studios, had recently shared that they would be coming together for a multiple film deal.

“We had a great synergy with BR Studios when we worked on ‘Bhoothnath Returns’ a few years ago. We are happy to produce Pati Patni Aur Woh with them,” Bhushan Kumar of T-Series said in a statement.

“Juno, Abhay and Mudassar have given an interesting tweak to the story that matches today’s times. Kartik, Bhumi and Ananya are new age actors who are talented and add their spark to the story.  We have worked with Kartik in ‘Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety’ and we are glad that we are working again. Bhumi has proven what a fantastic actor she is while Ananya is new, but audiences will fall in love with her. The film will so have great music,” he added.

Commenting on this, Juno Chopra of BR Studios said: “Pati Patni Aur Woh was widely accepted when it was released and we believe that the subject still has the power to draw the audience to the theatres. We have treated it with a modern touch now and have a fantastic team to take our vision forward.”

Pati Patni Aur Woh, which is the first collaboration of Kartik, Bhumi and Ananya, goes on floors in February.

Meanwhile, actress Taapsee Pannu claims that she had been dropped from the film without any proper explanation for it.

Bhushan Kumar and Juno Chopra released a joint statement in this regard on Thursday.

“When a script is locked, every director or producer approaches actors for the casting of the film, it is a basic protocol followed by almost all filmmakers. Similarly, for our upcoming project – Pati Patni Aur Woh, we reached out to many actors, who we thought could be our potential protagonists in the film,” he said.

“The versatile actress Taapsee Pannu was one of the many actresses we had approached for one of the leading ladies in the film.”
However, the producers had “never made any commitment to her. We would like to clarify that our casting was purely done on the basis of who suited the characters to the tee”.