This Article is From Jun 08, 2016

Arjun Kapoor to 'Half Girlfriend' Shraddha: Let's Play

Arjun Kapoor to 'Half Girlfriend' Shraddha: Let's Play

Arjun Kapoor and Shraddha photographed in Mumbai.

Highlights

  • Chetan Bhagat shared a picture from the sets of Half Girlfriend
  • Arjun Kapoor stars opposite Shraddha in the Mohit Suri-directed film
  • The film, produced by Ekta Kapoor, will release in April next year
New Delhi: Actor Arjun Kapoor started filming Mohit Suri's upcoming romantic film Half Girlfriend, an adaptation of Chetan Bhagat's novel of the same name, in Delhi on Wednesday.

An excited Chetan, who is one of the producers of the film, shared a picture from the sets which shows Arjun as Madhav Jha in action:
 

Arjun also Instagrammed a pic in which he poses with a basketball:
 
 

And so it begins... #halfgirlfriend #basketball @mohitsuri @shraddhakapoor Let's Play !!!

A photo posted by Arjun Kapoor (@arjunkapoor) on



In the novel, Madhav (played by Arjun) gets into St Stephens, Delhi University through the Sports quota as he is good at basketball. Arjun reportedly trained with a basketball team from USA to perfect the sport.

Arjun stars opposite Bollywood busy bee Shraddha Kapoor, who plays Riya Somani, also a basketball player.

Shraddha was last seen in Baaghi, which had a successful run at the box office. She's had a busy schedule with Farhan Akhtar's Rock On 2!! and Karan Johar's OK Jaanu, a remake of Mani Ratnam's OK Kanmani. In the film, she stars with Aditya Roy Kapur, her co-star of Aashiqui 2.

Meanwhile, Arjun's last release, R Balki's Ki And Ka, with Kareena Kapoor Khan, tanked at the box office.

Half Girlfriend, produced by Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Motion Pictures, is scheduled to release in April next year.
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