John Abraham To Romance Kajal Aggarwal In “Mumbai Saga”

Mohnish Singh |Aug 28, 2019

John Abraham and Kajal Aggarwal are working together for the first time. The gangster movie, directed by renowned filmmaker Sanjay Gupta, is set in Mumbai of the 1980s and ’90s.

John Abraham, who is riding high on the huge success of his Independence Day release Batla House (2019), next stars in an upcoming gangster drama titled Mumbai Saga. The film, which mounted the shooting floor on Tuesday, is directed by well-known filmmaker Sanjay Dutta who has several successful gangster movies to his credit.

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Besides John Abraham, Mumbai Saga also features immensely talented Emraan Hashmi in the lead role. Now, we have come to know that popular actress Kajal Aggarwal, who has not been seen in Hindi films for quite some time now, has been roped in to play the female lead opposite John in the film.

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The movie, set in Mumbai of the 1980s and ’90s, also features Suniel Shetty, Jackie Shroff, Gulshan Grover, Rohit Roy, Samir Soni, Amole Gupte and Prateik Babbar in important roles. The team commenced the first shooting schedule on Tuesday at Mahalaxmi Temple in Mumbai, where confrontation scenes between rival gangsters, played by John and Amole were shot. Kajal Aggarwal joins the team on set today.

Talking about what led him to cast Kajal Aggarwal as the female lead, filmmaker Sanjay Gupta said to a tabloid,