Karan Johar's Takht gets Christmas 2021 release date

Karan Johar announced the release date of his upcoming movie Takht. Termed as Karan Johar's most ambitious project, Takht is set to release on December 24, 2021. The film stars Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Anil Kapoor, Vicky Kaushal, Bhumi Pednekar and Janhvi Kapoor.

Karan Johar took to Twitter and wrote, "Presenting #TAKHT. Produced by Hiroo Yash Johar, Karan Johar & Apoorva Mehta. Screenplay by Sumit Roy. Starring Ranveer Singh, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal, Bhumi Pednekar, Janhvi Kapoor AND Anil Kapoor. Releasing Christmas, 24.12.2021."

Presenting #TAKHT
Produced by Hiroo Yash Johar, Karan Johar & Apoorva Mehta
Screenplay by Sumit Roy
Starring Ranveer Singh, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal, Bhumi Pednekar, Janhvi Kapoor AND Anil Kapoor
Releasing Christmas, 24.12.2021 Karan Johar (@karanjohar) February 1, 2020

Karan Johar also shared a small teaser video and informed that the principal photography will begin in March of this year. In the video, a golden thrown is shown while a voiceover says, "Mughal shehzaadon ke liye Takht ka raasta apno ke taboot se hokar jaata tha. Agar yeh raasta mohabbat se hokar jaata toh shayad Hindustan ka itihaas kuch aur hota."

Principal photography begins in March#HirooYashJohar @apoorvamehta18 #SumitRoy @RanveerOfficial #KareenaKapoorKhan @aliaa08 @vickykaushal09 @bhumipednekar #Janhvi @AnilKapoor @NotSoSnob @DharmaMovies pic.twitter.com/Ath2qKE5PH Karan Johar (@karanjohar) February 1, 2020

Takht is a period drama, set in the Mughal era and chronicles the story of two warring brothers Aurangzeb and Dara Shikoh. The movie is based on the war between Shah Jahan's two sons. According to reports, Anil Kapoor plays Shah Jahan while Vicky Kaushal plays Aurangzeb and Ranveer Singh will be Dara Shikoh in the film.

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