Sonakshi Sinha buzzed the media after her marriage to her long-time boyfriend, Zaheer Iqbal last month. As it was expected, Sonakshi’s wedding bash was a star-studded affair that kept the social media very busy. A month earlier, in May, Sonakshi also made headlines with her performance in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Heeramandi a grand web series. If things go well at this rate, than July will be all about Sonakshi Sinha too. Kakuda is her first film release after marriage and when co-star Saqib Saleem spoke about it in an interview he said.
Saqib Saleem disclosed that Kakuda wasn’t the initial film he did with Sonakshi Sinha. She had done a special item song for the multi-starrer Race 3 (2018). The makers then decided not to include it.
In so many words, Bollywood Hungama had already reported back on March 2018 through its reliable sources that Sonakshi would feature in one of songs of Race 3. It was our information that this big song and dance sequence was filmed somewhere in the Middle East.
In addition, Saqib said that “Sonakshi is a no-frills actor who walks onto set and starts acting once you say action and when pack-up happens she gets into her car and goes home”, he continued by adding: “she’s one of most professional actors I’ve come across”. My respect for her has increased tenfold since working alongside her.’
The cast also includes Riteish Deshmukh in addition to Saqib Saleem and Sonakshi Sinha for Kakuda. While Riteish plays a paranormal investigator role, Sonakshi acts as Saqib’s fiancée. Aditya Sarpotdar of Munjya (2024) directed Kakuda, which will stream on Zee5 from 12th July.