Rohit Shetty, Farah Khan team up for action-comedy

Mumbai: Filmmaker Rohit Shetty has signed Farah Khan to direct an action-comedy film for his production house, Rohit Shetty Picturez.

Farah Khan took to Twitter to announce the news, writing, "When the Universe conspires to give u what you couldn’t even imagine ..excited & Emotional both,to be on this journey with my dearest #RohitShetty .. together with the Lov we hav 4 Films,we will create "the Mother of All Entertainers"!Lov u Rohit. @RSPicturez @RelianceEnt."

"Sometimes the universe just conspires to give you what you didn't even imagine. Together with Rohit, who I genuinely love as a brother and whose work ethic I respect and share, I can only promise 'Mother of all Entertainers'! Cant wait to say 'roll camera' for this one," Farah said in a statement.

Farah has earlier directed films such as ‘Om Shanti Om’ and ‘Main Hoon Na’.

The film is presented by Reliance Entertainment and produced by Rohit Shetty Picturez.

Fresh off the success of 'Simmba', Rohit said it's a privilege for his production company to have Farah on board to direct a film for them as she is extremely talented and hardworking. "It will definitely be a wonderful association. I can't wait to start working with this extremely talented powerhouse," he added.

After giving a decade of hits as a director, Rohit has proved himself to be a successful producer as well after doing films like 'Golmaal Again' and 'Simmba' under his production house.

In addition to Hindi films, Rohit Shetty Picturez has plans to address the digital content consuming audience with original web series and cater to Rohit's younger fans with animated content like "Little Singham".

Rohit Shetty is currently busy with his next directorial venture 'Sooryavanshi', which, like 'Singham' and 'Simmba' is a cop-drama as well. The film stars Ajay Devgn in the lead role.

(With Agency inputs)