‘Never thought I would work in a horror-comedy’

Kiara Advani will be next seen in Laxmmi Bomb and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2

We are putting our best foot forward and we hope to make it a crackling entertainer

MUMBAI: Actor Kiara

Advani has two films in the horror comedy genre coming up over the next months.

She will be seen with Akshay

Kumar in Laxmmi Bomb and also in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, which co-stars Kartik Aaryan.

“I never thought I would work in this (horror-comedy) genre but after Laxmmi

Bomb now there is Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2. These are both very different films, so I am really excited,” said Kiara, interacting with the media recently in Mumbai.

On Laxmmi Bomb, her horror comedy with Akshay

Kumar, she said: “We are putting our best foot forward and we hope to make it a crackling entertainer, because I am sure the expectations will be high.

I am a huge fan of Akshay (Kumar) sir’s Bhool Bhulaiyaa. That was the first horror-comedy film that I ever watched.”

Kartik Aaryan essays the starring role in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, and Kiara informs the unit has started shooting for the film. “We have started shooting for the film because the mahurat which we got was really auspicious and it was a super amazing day of shoot. I am really excited to start shooting for the film again. I am really excited to work with (director) Anees (Bazmee) sir and Kartik (Aaryan), and take the franchise forward. It is going to be really hilarious film and the script is beautifully written,” she said, addressing the media at an event. Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 is directed by Anees Bazmee and produced by Bhushan Kumar. The film is a standalone sequel of the 2007 hit Bhool Bhulaiyaa, which starred Akshay Kumar and was directed by Priyadarshan. Laxmmi Bomb is director Raghava Lawrence’s Bollywood remake of his 2011 Tamil hit, Muni 2: Kanchana.