The latest Bollywood ‘hero’, Vidya Balan has been signed by UTV Motion Pictures for a comedy thriller titled Ghanchakkar. Balan will star opposite her Dirty picture co- star, Emraan Hashmi, in the film.

Ghanchakkar narrates the story of the protagonist (Emraan) who is an ex-conman named Sanju. He is laid back and has a taste for finer things in life. The problem is – he has an ambitious wife (played by Vidya) with her own notions of the world and therefore gets sucked into a ‘chakkar’ and has to suffer two thugs in the process – one with a bad ailment and one with a bad sense of humour, leading to madness, confusion and chaos and unleashing some mad cap characters in his life. Will Sanju survive the madness and prevent himself from turning into a Ghanchakkar? is the plot of the film.

The film is expected to go on the floors in August, this year. Speaking to FilmOrbit, Balan, who’s next film Kahani is ready for release says,”I will take a break for around three months after Kahani’s release and then start work on Ghanchakkar." Ghanchakar will be directed by Rajkumar Gupta.

Balan who has done challenging roles in almost all her films adds, “As an actor, all you want to do is reach out to the audiences with diverse yet entertaining roles. Having said that, the story, the director, the co-actors, producer, play an extremely critical role while selecting a film. With Ghanchakkar, it all just fell in place. The story is definitely creativity at its best and I can't think of a better director than Rajkumar Gupta to bring this story to the audiences. He has a very new age and quirky but massy humour. Having worked with him before in No One Killed Jessica, I know he'll push me to give it my best. When you have worked with an actor before, there is a certain amount of comfort that is brought to the table. Emraan, is a brilliant co-star and together, we hope to rock it!"