The first-look posters of actors Shantanu Maheshwari and Avneet Kaur’s upcoming film Love in Vietnam were unveiled at the ongoing 77th Cannes Film Festival in France on Thursday.
Shantanu shared the news on Instagram alongside a set of posters from the film. “Thrilled to unveil the first look of our film #LoveInVietnam at Cannes! I’m excited to finally be able to share this, our groundbreaking India-Vietnam collaboration,” he wrote on Thursday.
Written and directed by Rahhat Shah Kazmi, the film also features Vietnamese actress Kha Ngan. Love in Vietnam marks the first feature collaboration between stakeholders from India and Vietnam.
The film is based on Sabahattin Ali’s 1943 novel Madonna in a Fur Coat, which tells the story of Raif, a man living a purposeless life until he meets a woman named Maria Puder.
Love in Vietnam is produced by Omung Kumar, Rahhat Shah Kazmi, Captain Rahul Bali and Abhishek Ankur. Tariq Khan, Zeba Sajid and Samten Hills serve as co-producers, while Vikas Sharma is the associate producer.
Shantanu last starred in Netflix’s romantic supernatural horror series Tooth Pari: When Love Bites (2023). The 33-year-old actor is set to make his Bengali cinema debut with Chaalchitro — The Frame Fatale by Pratim D. Gupta.
Avneet last appeared in Kangana Ranaut's Tiku Weds Sheru opposite Nawazuddin Siddiqui, currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video. The 22-year-old actress is set to headline Luv Ki Arrange Marriage opposite Sunny Singh.
Kha Ngan, on the other hand, is known for films like Furie (2019), 100 Days of Sunshine (2018), The Vietnamese Bride (2018) and Sam Hoi (2021).
