Joker

Joker is an upcoming Hindi fantasy adventure film and the first 3D film directed by Shirish Kunder The film will star Akshay Kumar opposite Sonakshi Sinha It will be the fourth Hindi film to be released in both 2D and 3D formats after Haunted 3D RaOne and Don 2 The film is currently in post production stage set to release on 30 August 2012

Shirish Kunder had the project in development for several years before finding financial backing and had to negotiate for use of the specific title which Kunder stated is important to the script itself The film is being produced by Farah Khan Shirish Kunder and Akshay Kumar under the banner of Three Company and Hari Om Entertainment This will be the first Bollywood film to be completely shot using 3D cameras and will be released in 3D as well as 2D in theatres According to director Shirish Kunde It is an underdog story about how individuals make it big in life and in the process get help from aliens from a fictional planet

Sonakshi Sinha was roped in to play the main lead opposite Akshay Kumar Shreyas Talpade will play Akshay brother in the film Female lead opposite to Shreyas will be played by Minisha Lamba who will enact the role of an innocent TV reporter Sonakshi will also perform an item number in the film American actor Alexx ONell was also signed to play a role in the film

The first schedule of shooting was initially slated to take place in Ludhiana however the location was changed to Chandigarh The shooting began on 14 February 2011 in Chandigarh The crew finished the 19 day schedule on 12 March 2011 finishing 40 percentage of the production work The second schedule started on 17 May 2011 in Mumbai and concluded in June 2011 The film is now 80 Percentage complete