Shahid Kapoor to follow Akshay Kumar’s footsteps!

Padmavati‘s December 1 release seems far away, and rightly so! Since on that day, Shahid Kapoor will be seen in a regal avatar for the first time ever. But, Shahid fans have a yet another reason to rejoice since he will be seen going the Akshay Kumar way now!

Don’t believe us? We were amongst the first ones to report that Shahid will be teaming up with the director of Toilet: Ek Prem Katha director Shree Narayan Singh. As it turns out, it’s no light-hearted film, but Singh will once again pick up on a prevalent social issue in India: the unjust distribution of electricity in India.

Wondering how do we know about it? All thanks to this Twitter post by Shahid Kapoor, in which he has announced the title of the Shree Narayan Singh directorial to be “Batti Gul Meter Chaalu”, which also has an interesting caption that says “Let’s celebrate the festival of light with the wish that soon electricity will be a right and not a privilege for all.”

Here’s the Tweet for you all:

Let’s celebrate the festival of light with the hope that soon electricity will be a right and not a privilege for all. #BattiGulMeterChalu #ShreeNarayanSingh @kriarj @TSeries https://t.co/Kdrm9AXRkr

— Shahid Kapoor (@shahidkapoor) October 19, 2017

The film will be based on a common man’s fight with the electricity supplying companies and Shahid will reportedly play a lawyer in this flick.

We are keeping our fingers crossed for the film.

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