{"id":270965,"date":"2026-02-06T17:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/270965\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T17:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:15:11","slug":"shakti-shalini-saiyaara-star-aneet-padda-to-romance-homebound-actor-vishal-jethwa-in-the-horror-comedy-deets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/270965\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakti Shalini: Saiyaara star Aneet Padda to romance Homebound actor Vishal Jethwa in the horror comedy; deets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"content\">Soon after the release and success of her debut film Saiyaara, Ahaan Panday\u2019s gorgeous co-star <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/htcity\/cinema\/aneet-padda-would-cry-without-glycerin-homebound-star-vishal-jethwa-lauds-saiyaara-actor-calls-her-intelligent-beautiful-101759993566438.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Aneet Padda\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Aneet Padda<\/a> was roped in by the Maddock Horror Comedy Universe (MHCU) for their next. Yes, we are talking about <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/htcity\/cinema\/saiyaara-aneet-padda-cant-stop-smiling-as-she-watches-her-next-film-shakti-shalini-teaser-in-theatres-viral-video-ahaan-101761901345233.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Shakti Shalini\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shakti Shalini<\/a> from the Stree universe, which will star Aneet in the lead. The film was officially announced in the end-credits of Ayushmann Khurrana and Rashmika Mandanna\u2019s Thamma last year. Shakti Shalini is set to go on floors in March this year, ahead of which we have found an interesting update about the casting \u2014 Homebound star Vishal Jethwa has reportedly onboarded the horror comedy as Aneet\u2019s onscreen love interest.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Shakti_1770369312774_1770369327996.jpg\" alt=\"Shakti Shalini to star Aneet Padda and Vishal Jethwa\" title=\"Shakti Shalini to star Aneet Padda and Vishal Jethwa\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" loading=\"eager\"\/>Shakti Shalini to star Aneet Padda and Vishal Jethwa<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">A report shared by India Today reveals that actor Vishal Jethwa, who won hearts alongside Ishaan Khatter and Janhvi Kapoor in Homebound, India\u2019s official entry to the Oscars, has now joined the Maddock Horror Comedy Universe. Vishal will apparently romance Aneet, but his character is touted to \u2018go beyond a conventional romantic arc\u2019. The report claims, \u201cHis character will play a key emotional and narrative role, acting as both a catalyst and counterpoint to the protagonist\u2019s journey.\u201d Now that is an unexpected turn, which fans are bound to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">Shakti Shalini will mark Vishal and Aneet\u2019s second film together. Earlier, audiences witnessed their cute chemistry in Salaam Venky (2022). Also starring Kajol, the film follows the story of a boy diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Aneet had a short yet impactful role in the film, directed by Revathi. In a chat with TOI last year, lauding Aneet and remembering their time together on set, Vishal had shared, \u201cOn the sets, we had to do a few emotional scenes, and she would cry without glycerin in every shot. Also in the moments where she had to feel, she would really touch those emotions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">Well, we wish Aneet and Vishal all the best for Shakti Shalini as we eagerly wait for an official announcement from the makers of the MHCU. The film is set to arrive in theatres on December 24, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Soon after the release and success of her debut film Saiyaara, Ahaan Panday\u2019s gorgeous co-star Aneet Padda was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[3436,430,156,62516,73649,111,139,69,1195,71281,16466],"class_list":{"0":"post-270965","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-aneet-padda","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-maddock-horror-comedy-universe","12":"tag-mhcu","13":"tag-new-zealand","14":"tag-newzealand","15":"tag-nz","16":"tag-saiyaara","17":"tag-shakti-shalini","18":"tag-vishal-jethwa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}