Akshay Kumar and Emraan Hashmi to start shooting for ‘selfiee’ from February end

Akshay Kumar is reuniting with Raj Mehta, the director of Good Newwz, for a film produced by Karan Johar. Soon after, Emraan Hashmi joined the actor and will be seen playing the parallel lead in this racy comic thriller, which is an official remake of Prithviraj's Malayalam hit ’Driving Licence’, which starred Suraj Venjarammoodu and Prithviraj. 

There have been rumours that Selfiee is going straight to digital during the last few weeks. Talking about the same, CEO of Dharma Production Apoorva Mehta told Pinkvilla, 

People have these conversations all the time and we all just listen to them. We are making the film right now and will take a call at the right time. Selfiee is a very strong subject, and we couldn’t have got a better casting than Akshay sir and Emraan Hashmi. Raj is very excited to start the film, in-fact, we go on floors at the end of February.

- Apoorva Mehta (CEO, Dharma Production)

He added, 

At this point of time, it’s a theatrical release and we are not looking at any other medium of release." He continued, referring to social media chatter about an overdose of remakes in the Hindi film industry, “We are in very unique times with so much content being made. It’s tough to come across interesting stories and I think remakes are fine. Audience would want to enjoy some stories in their own language. Selfiee is a remake of a very successful Malayalam film produced by our co-producer Prithviraj. It’s fine, as there is a lot of new content being made too.

- Apoorva Mehta (CEO, Dharma Production)

He continued, 

Eventually, it all boils down to the content – be it original or a remake. There may be times when a remake is better than the original. It’s really about how compelling and engaging the story is

- Apoorva Mehta (CEO, Dharma Production)

Selfiee is set to hit theatres in late 2022, and stars Akshay Kumar and Emraan Hashmi in lead roles.