28-year old
Shriya Pilgaonkar who made her Bollywood debut as Shah Rukh Khan’s love interest
in Fan , has now joined the cast of Anubhav Sinha’s next film - Abhi Toh Party
Shuru Hui Hai. The film also stars Richa Chadha, Pankaj Tripathi, Saurabh
Shukla, Vinay Pathak, Manoj Pahwa and Kumud Mishra.
Anubhav Sinha
Richa Chadha
Pankaj Tripathi
Commenting on her
next film, the daughter of Sachin and Supriya Pilgaonkar, said, “Yes , We’ve
begun filming in Lucknow . It’s an outstanding script written by Anubhav Sir
and I am super excited to work with these powerhouse performers who have been
on my wish list of actors to work with . It’s a dream team for sure .”
Sachin And Supriya Pilgaonkar
Shriya will also
be seen in Mirzapur , a web show produced by Excel Entertainment starring
Ali Fazal, Vikrant Massey and Shweta Tripathi amongst others.
Shriya Pilgaonkar
In addition to being an actress, Shriya is also a director and a producer of short films. In 2012, she went to Harvard University for summer school, which led her to work on her own short films.[She also co-directed and edited the short film Dresswala with Siddharth Joglekar, which was an official selection at the 2012 Mumbai Film Festival.