Rajkummar Rao drops intriguing video as Stree 2 shoot commences

The shooting on the sequel of Stree, starring Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor, started on Tuesday. The sequel Stree 2 is slated to be released next August.

Mumbai:Bollywood actors Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor, on Tuesday began the shooting for their next film, the horror comedy sequel Stree 2. Taking to Instagram, actor RajKummar Rao shared a special video and announced the news.

He captioned the video, "Ek baar phir, Chanderi mein faila aantak! Stree 2 filming begins! Aa rahi hai woh- August 2024!" The video hints that the sequel might be having two ghosts this time as it was written "sarkate ka aatank" in Hindi in the clip.

Helmed by Amar Kaushik, the film stars RajKummar Rao, Shraddha Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi, Aparshakti Khurana and Abhishek Banerjee in the lead roles. It is all set to hit the theatres in August 2024.

Soon after the actor dropped the video, fans flooded the comment section with red hearts and fire emoticons. Bhumi Pednekar commented, "Caaaaaant wait guys." "Most awaited movie," a fan wrote. Another fan commented, "Omg !!!!!!!!! Very excited for this."

Makers of the upcoming horror comedy film officially announced their film at a grand event in Mumbai in April where the team enacted a skit to announce the release date of the horror comedy sequel. The Stree 2 cast recently met for the script reading sessions.

Helmed by Amar Kaushik Stree was released in the year 2018 and was declared a blockbuster hit. Rajkummar and Aparshakti also had a cameo in Varun Dhawan's horror comedy film Bhediya which was released in November last year. The makers of Bhediya also announced the sequel of the film.

At the gala, Varun unveiled the logo of Bhediya 2 and even made a wolf sound, expressing his excitement. Meanwhile, RajKummar will also be seen in Mr and Mrs Mahi opposite actor Janhvi Kapoor and in Srikant Bholla's biopic SRI opposite Alaya F. (ANI)