This image was posted on Twitter by Farhan Akhtar
The first look of actor Riteish Deshmukh as bumbling terrorist Hadeez Bin Ali in director Karan Anshuman's Bangistan, also starring Pulkit Samrat, received a Twitter endorsement from Farhan Akhtar, who produces the film.
As Hafeez Bin Ali, a bearded and capped Riteish holds a phone to his ear. Riteish and Pulkit star as a pair of terrorists on a mission to change the world who fail consistently due to their inability to live up to their own lofty ideals.
Riteish was last seen as a baddie in earnest in the 2014 movie
Ek Villain, co-starring Shraddha Kapoor and Sidharth Malhotra. In
Bangistan, he is relatively harmless.
The comic-satire, slated to hit the screens on July 31, is produced by Excel Entertainment which is co-owned by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani.