CONFIRMED: Farhan Akhtar to JOIN Priyanka Chopra in 'The Sky is Pink', begins 'prep' for the film

Mumbai:  Farhan Akhtar to star in upcoming Bollywood movie- 'The Sky is Pink' directed by Shonali Bose of 'Margarita, with a Straw'. The 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' star will star opposite Priyanka Chopra of 'Mary Kom' and 'Dangal' star Zaira Wasim. Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to twitter to announce this news. He wrote, "IT'S OFFICIAL... Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar and Zaira Wasim... Shonali Bose's next directorial to be produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur and Ronnie Screwvala... Prep and script readings are on in full swing... Starts 8 Aug 2018... Dialogue by Juhi Chaturvedi... Music by Pritam."

IT'S OFFICIAL... Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar and Zaira Wasim... Shonali Bose’s next directorial to be produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur and Ronnie Screwvala... Prep and script readings are on in full swing... Starts 8 Aug 2018... Dialogue by Juhi Chaturvedi... Music by Pritam.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 23, 2018

Farhan Akhtar even took to instagram to thank Shonali Bose for a role in this movie. He captioned it, "It all starts here. Thank you #ShonaliBose for trusting me with this beautiful story. ???? #fromtheheart"

It all starts here. Thank you #ShonaliBose for trusting me with this beautiful story. ????❤️ #fromtheheart

A post shared by Farhan Akhtar (@faroutakhtar) on Jul 23, 2018 at 2:26am PDT

The shooting of this movie will commence from August 08, and as of now no official release date has been announced.