Shahid Kapoor To Yami Gautam: These Actors To Turn Lawyers For Their Upcoming Films

Courtroom dramas have always been a major part of Bollywood films. Whether that is Amitabh Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu’s goosebumps inducing PINK or Akshay Kumar proving his point in Jolly LLB 2. From Shahid Kapoor to Yami Gautam, we have a list of actors who will don the lawyer’s coat in their upcoming films.

Bringing law into cinema isn’t a new concept, but with cinema reaching out to more audiences worldwide everywhere, directors, writers and actors have a difficult responsibility to inform while keeping it entertaining. 2018-19 will see some fantastic actors who will play lawyers in powerful stories.

Richa Chadha

The Fukrey Returns actress will be playing a public prosecutor in the upcoming film Section 375: Marzi ya Jabardasti. The film is about the misuse of rape laws in India, using an ambiguous case as the background. It will be directed by Manish Gupta, produced by Kumar Mangat Pathak. Tentative release is said to be end of 2018.

Taapsee Pannu

Mulq is an upcoming film with a magnificent ensemble. It stars Rishi Kapoor, Ashutosh Rana, Neena Gupta and our favourite Dil Junglee girl, Taapsee Pannu. She will be seen playing a lawyer and Rishi Kapoor’s daughter in law in this film. This Anubhav Sinha film will be releasing mid-2018.

Yami Gautam

The Kaabil girl will be seen playing a crucial role in Batti Gul Meter Chaalu. She will be acting as a lawyer alongside Shahid Kapoor. The film revolves around the discrepancies in electric billing in rural towns and small cities. The Shree Narayan Singh’s film will be releasing later this year.

Shahid Kapoor

Shahid Kapoor will be starring in Shree Narayan Singh’s Batti Gul Meter Chaalu releasing later this year. He was spotted shooting along the lanes of Tehri and will be working alongside Yami Gautam who plays a lawyer and Shraddha Kapoor who plays his love interest.