Varun Dhawan’s ‘Mr. Lele’ to release on January 1, 2021

PTI, Jan 13, 2020, 12:32 PM IST

Mumbai: Shashank Khaitan and Varun Dhawan will be returning to the big screen with another entertainer “Mr. Lele” on January 1, 2021.

The director-actor duo has previously collaborated on blockbusters “Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania” and “Badrinath Ki Dulhania”.

Dharma Productions, the banner behind the “Dulhania” franchise, is producing “Mr. Lele” as well.

The release date of the film and the first look poster of Varun were shared on Twitter on Monday by the Karan Johar-led production banner.

Just when you thought that the news couldn’t get any better, it got more entertaining! #MrLele aka @Varun_dvn along with @ShashankKhaitan are going to start 2021 with a bang! Releasing 1st Jan, 2021.@apoorvamehta18 @DharmaMovies pic.twitter.com/04pTz4d7kK

— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) January 13, 2020

There were reports that the movie will feature Bhumi Pednekar and Janhvi Kapoor, but the makers have not made any formal announcement yet.

Varun will next be seen in “Street Dancer 3D”, which is scheduled to be released on January 24. He is also working on Sriram Raghavan’s Arun Khetarpal biopic.