Meesha Shafi – Photo by Fayyaz Ahmed

Veteran Pakistani television actress Saba Hamid’s daughter and singer turned actor Meesha Shafi is making her entry in Bollywood movie Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.

Meesha has also been casted in Mira Nair's adaptation of Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist.

According to Times of India “Meesha, fame of the song Jugni from the Coke Studio Pakistan visited Mumbai last month to shoot for Bollywood movie Bhaag Milkha Bhaag produced and directed by Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra. She will be acting against co-star Farhan Akhtar and Sonam Kapoor in the movie. Meesha arrived in Mumbai in the third week of August and was busy shooting for the movie till the end of this month.”

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is a biopic based on the life of Indian athlete and former Olympian Milkha Singh.

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