Preity Zinta signs up for thriller 'The Kitty Party', Shekhar Kapur to helm The Meluha trilogy: Report

Karan Johar had previously announced that he would be making a film on Amish Tripathi's bestseller 'The Immortals Of Meluha', but seems like the project has finally landed up with filmmaker Shekhar Kapur. A global studio is venturing into India and has roped in the ‘Mr India’ director to helm a series adaptation from the Shiva trilogy novels, reports Variety. Suparn S Varma will be collaborating with Shekhar Kapur on this project.Amish Tripathi had also shared the news on Twitter.


Preity Zinta is also working on a project for the International Art Machine studio, which is also handling Shekhar Kapur's project. The actress will be part of a thriller titled ‘The Kitty Party’. Describing the project, Preity Zinta told Variety, “’The Kitty Party’ is a female driven murder mystery that moonlights between being a dramedy and thriller. Too early to comment more except that we cannot wait to get started. I’m sure we will have as much fun filming this as we had putting it together.”
Preity Zinta is a co-owner of Indian Premier League cricket team Punjab Kings and was last seen on the big screen in 2018 release ‘Bhaiaji Superhit’. Last year the actress had announced the arrival of her twins. “Gene & I are overjoyed & our hearts are filled with so much gratitude & with so much love as we welcome our twins Jai Zinta Goodenough & Gia Zinta Goodenough into our family. We are very excited about this new phase in our lives. A heartfelt thank you to the doctors, nurses and to our surrogate for being part of this incredible journey. Loads of love and light - Gene, Preity, Jai & Gia,” the actress had shared in November 2021.