Rajat Kapoor to play balding lover in new film

New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) After playing suave, sophisticated characters, actor-director Rajat Kapoor will now be seen as a balding middle-aged man who falls in love with a girl half his age after talking to her online in the movie 'I M 24'.

'Our next is a comedy 'I M 24' and Rajat Kapoor plays a 42-year-old balding writer in the film who falls in love with a 22-year-old girl through online chatting but lies to her that he is just 24,' Arindam Chaudhuri, who is producing it under his banner Planman Motion Pictures, told IANS.

Directed by Saurabh Shukla, the romantic comedy also stars Ranvir Shorey, Neha Dhupia and Manjari Fadnis.

Planman Motion Pictures' other projects include 'Do Dooni Chaar', which is the comeback movie of Neetu Kapoor that also stars Rishi Kapoor. The comedy will be made by first-time director Habib Faisal.