Bhumi on solo-starrer Durgavati: Exciting to helm a film

Mumbai, Oct 23 : Actress Bhumi Pednekar is gearing up for her next release, the heroine-centric Durgavati. The wait is exciting as well as nerve-racking because this is the first time she will be toplining a film alone.
“It is the first time that I am helming a film alone and it is exciting as well as nerve-racking. There is a lot of responsibility on me,” Bhumi said.
“I have always had a co-star to share the responsibility with, and now I am helming this film. I am really excited to see how people react to this. I have never looked like this. People have never seen me in this avatar,” she said about starring in the horror film.
Bhumi is also set to start shooting for “Badhaai Do”, part two to the Ayushmann Khurrana-starrer “Badhaai Ho”. Ayushmann and Bhumi have scored hits with “Dum Laga Ke Haisha”, “Shubh Mangal Saavdhan” and “Bala” in the past.
“He was my first hero,” says Bhumi, referring to the fact that she made her Bollywood debut in the 2015 release, “Dum Laga Ke Haisha”, and adds: “Out of the eight films I have done in four years, three have been with him! He is a dear friend and I am fond of him. I feel happy when I see where he has reached. He really deserves it because he has had such a long journey.” Bhumi adds the three films she has done with Ayushmann have “really been true to their genre”.