Irrfan Khan to work with Aishwarya Rai in ‘Jazbaa’

Bollywood beauty queen Aishwarya Rai Bachchan would soon be making her comeback to films with the Sanjay Gupta film Jazbaa. Later we were informed that Gupta had roped in Hollywood action director Spiro Razatos to helm the action sequences in the film. Now, the latest update is that Sanjay Gupta has since signed on Irrfan Khan to play the lead role opposite Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

Jazbaa which is said to be an action thriller drama will feature Aishwarya as a very strong female character, playing the role of a lawyer while Irrfan Khan will reprise the role of a suspended cop who has problems with authority and discipline.

Produced and directed by Sanjay Gupta, Jazbaa is slated to go on floors in January 2015.