Bollywood actress Lara Dutta recently stunned everyone with her portrayal as former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in the film Bell Bottom. The actress has proved her mettle with every role that she takes on. Her next will be her third OTT project titled ‘Kaun Banegi Shikharwati’. Talking about the project she said, “The show sounded quirky, fun, and different from anything that was on the OTT space already. We have seen a lot of dysfunctional families on screen before but this is set in a dystopian setting... Almost in a Wes Anderson type of a world.”

Lara plays the role of one of the 4 daughters of an eccentric king played by Naseeruddin Shah. The other daughter’s roles are played by  Soha Ali Khan, Kritika Kamra and Anya Singh. Talking about her experience of working with the legendary Shah, the Chalo Delli actress said, “I have a line on the show, where I look at Raghubir ji and Naseer saab and say, 'Kya tum dono buddhe paagal ho gaye ho?' I was like, I just can't say this to them, I said 'Can we please rewrite it?' But both of them were like, 'Just have fun with it.'” She admits that working with an actor of Naseeruddin’s caliber was ‘scary as hell’. 

Dutta added, “There is a tremendous amount of nervousness and anxiety when you are facing an actor like that. Naseer saab is lightyears ahead of us in terms of his craft. But what an incredible opportunity to watch, learn, observe and imbibe. One of the biggest reasons for me to do the show was that he was in it.” ‘Kaun Banegi Shikharwati’ will premiere on 7th January 2022.