Actors Rajkummar Rao and Patralekhaa are set to make their debut as producers with the upcoming film Toaster under their banner Kampa Film.
The film, which also stars Sanya Malhotra, Abhishek Banerjee and Archana Puran Singh, is scheduled to release on Netflix on April 15.
Directed by Vivek Das Chaudhary, Toaster also features Farah Khan, Upendra Limaye, Vinod Rawat, Jitendra Joshi and Seema Pahwa.
According to a press release issued by the makers, the film revolves around “eccentric characters, madcap twists, and a premise that turns something ordinary into complete mayhem”.
Speaking about the project, Patralekhaa said in a statement, “Stepping into production with Kampa Film has been an incredibly meaningful milestone for us, and beginning this journey with Netflix — who have consistently championed distinctive and unconventional stories — makes it even more special. Toaster immediately stood out because it finds humour in the most unexpected places, and the moment we read it, we knew it was a story we wanted to bring to life.”
The film marks a reunion for Rao with his former co-stars, including Sanya Malhotra, with whom he appeared in HIT: The First Case, Abhishek Banerjee from the Stree franchise, and Seema Pahwa, who featured alongside him in Bareilly Ki Barfi.
“(We) sent the script to everyone because we love what we have in our hands. Everyone read the script and somewhere they trusted that if it was coming from us, then it would be alright. We have worked together so we knew that we would have fun working together (again),” Rao had said at the Netflix slate announcement event earlier this year.
Rao was last seen in the action film Maalik, which released in theatres last year. Meanwhile, Sanya Malhotra’s most recent appearance was in Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari, co-starring Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor.