Genelia D'Souza To Make a Comeback In Riteish Deshmukh's Directorial Debut Ved

After almost five years away from the big screen, actress Genelia D'Souza has finally announced her return. It's interesting to note that she has teamed up with her spouse Riteish Deshmukh for the next Marathi movie 'Ved'.

Both actors, Deshmukh and D'Souza, announced the project on their individual social media accounts on Wednesday. They shared the first trailer for the film along with the announcement.

माझा जन्म महाराष्ट्रातलाच.मी अभिनयाला सुरवात केल्यानंतर हिंदी-तमिळ-तेलगू अशा विविध भाषांमधून चित्रपट केले.तिथे रसिक प्रेक्षकांचं उदंड प्रेम मला मिळालं. रितेशच्या पहिल्या दिग्दर्शनाद्वारे मी मराठीत चित्रपटात पदार्पण करतेय. मराठीत काम करतांना मला एक वर्तूळ पूर्ण झाल्यासारखं वाटतंय. pic.twitter.com/bT4bGA4VuE

— Genelia Deshmukh (@geneliad) October 26, 2022

Speaking of the movie, Deshmukh will serve as its director for the first time. The Marathi motion picture is scheduled to premiere on December 30. Deshmukh talked with PTI about making his directing debut a few weeks ago. According to a report, he said, “This (direction) is something I was attracted to for many years but didn’t dare to do it because I was acting. In the last three-four years, I was trying to figure out.” The actor continued, “It is tough for Marathi cinema to survive with Hindi cinema in the same state when the first preference is to watch Hindi over Marathi cinema. When Marathi movies become a second choice, their theatre share invariably goes down.”