Daadi’s Got A Gun

There’s a new film out soon, starring actors Bhumi Pednekar and Tapsee Pannu like you’ve never seen them before. Called “Saand Ki Aankh”, it is based on two old sharpshooters, Chandro Tomar and her sister-in-law Prakashi Tomar.

Taapsee took to Twitter and shared a still of herself and Bhumi. She captioned it: “And the curtains drop on this one. One word that will come in my mind when I think of ‘Saand Ki Aankh’ will be ‘conviction’. Saying goodbye is not my forte… So, I walk away after the packup leaving a piece of my heart with this ‘family’ forever and ever.”

She also tweeted:

Later, the “Naam Shabana” actress posted another photograph of the accessories her character has donned in the film. Along with the picture, she wrote: “Prakashi Tomar, you will live in me forever and ever.”

Bhumi, who plays Chandro in the film, shared a photograph of herself along with Taapsee and the film’s director Tushar Hiranandani. “Some goodbyes are so tough,” she wrote.

Chandro, 87, and Prakashi, 82, are from Uttar Pradesh’s Johri village and reportedly took up sharpshooting in their fifties. Chandro, who is fondly called ‘shooter dadi’, is one of the world’s oldest female sharpshooters.

The Reliance Entertainment film will mark writer Hiranandani’s debut as a director. It will also be jointly produced by Anurag Kashyap and Nidhi Parmar. “Saand Ki Aankh” also features Prakash Jha and Vicky Kadian in pivotal roles.