'Chehre' director Rumi Jaffrey tests positive for COVID-19; thankful it didn't happen at daughter's wedding

Producer and director Rumi Jaffrey has tested positive for COVID-19. It is hence the reason that the filmmaker is unable to participate in the promotions of his long-delayed film, Chehre, that is up for release this Friday.

Talking about it with ETimes, Jaffrey said, “I was in Hyderabad for my daughter's wedding and all my friends including Neetu Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor and many other friends attended the wedding which was held in the first week of August. I thank God that I contracted the disease only on August 15. All those who came to the wedding went home safe.”

When asked if he will miss watching his own film, he said, “Luckily for me all the work around the film has been completed including the promos and other things were done earlier as the film was slated to release in April so there was nothing to worry about that department too.”

Currently in quarantine, he added, “If I test negative I will be able to come to Mumbai or else will watch the film in Hyderabad on its release day.”

Chehre stars Amitabh Bachchan, Emraan Hashmi, Rhea Chakraborty and Krystle Dsouza in lead roles. It has been constantly delayed, first due to the controversy surrounding Chakraborty and Sushant Singh Rajput case and then due to the pandemic and the second-wave recently.

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