Feb 25, 2026 4:02pm IST
Siddhant Chaturvedi and Alizeh to headline Vikas Bahl’s Musical Set Against the UK Punjabi Underground Music Scene (EXCLUSIVE)
After directing critically acclaimed and commercially successful films such as “Queen,” “Super 30,” and “Shaitan,” Vikas Bahl is now set to venture into a new territory with a full-fledged musical. Variety India has exclusively learned that Bahl is next working on a musical romance drama starring Siddhant Chaturvedi and Alizeh in lead roles.
The yet-untitled film is said to be roughly inspired by the rise of the Punjabi underground movement in the UK. For an entire generation, UK Punjabi music was beyond music; it was rebellion wrapped in rhythm, blending traditional Punjabi folk sound with Western styles. The film is set in the 1990s, when the post-immigrant generation, with one foot in the UK and the other in Punjab, started adding their own flavor to the mix, creating an electrifying cross-cultural sound that got audiences of every age onto the dance floor.
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Siddhant will play a drummer, while Alizeh will portray the role of a singer. Vikas Bahl has framed a love story against this vibrant cultural backdrop, exploring romance, ambition and identity amid what is considered a golden era of UK Punjabi music. The director has finished the script and will soon begin pre-production, with plans to start filming in the second half of 2026. Reliance Entertainment is producing.
The film will mark Siddhant's second collaboration with Bahl following their upcoming romantic comedy, “Dil Ka Darwaza Khol Na Darling,” which is expected to release in the third quarter of this year. Siddhant, whose new film “Do Deewane Seher Mein” was released just last Friday, is expected to shoot the biopic of the legendary filmmaker V. Shantaram before moving to Bahl's musical.
Alizeh, meanwhile, made her impressive acting debut with “Farrey” (2023), a remake of the 2017 Thai blockbuster, “Bad Genius.” Vikas Bahl's film will mark her second film outing.
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