Karate meets parathe: Sonu Sood to play co-lead with Jackie Chan in "Kung Fu Yoga"

Staff correspondent, September 30, 2015, NewsCrunch

After Aamir Khan backed out, the "Kung Fu Yoga" team has found another Indian actor to play parallel lead to Jackie Chan: Sonu Sood.

"Kung Fu Yoga" has begun shooting in Dubai, where it will wrap up in a month’s time, and then shift to Indian locations.  It will also be shot in Beijing.

The movies tells the story of a detective from Hong Kong, who teams up with a gambler, to fight a notorious Chinese criminal.

Sonu Sood, who has not signed a new movie after Happy New Year, managed to keep the news under the wraps till Bombay Times reported on Wednesday that "Kung Fu Yoga" director Stanley Tong had zeroed in on him.

Following the report Farah Khan congratulated Sonu Sood to which he responded confirming the news.

"Kung Fu Yoga" is a co-production between China’s Taihe Entertainment and Shinework Media, and India’s Viacom 18.

Jackie Chan was keen on Aamir Khan, who is phenomenally popular in China, thanks to the path breaking success of 3 Idiots and then PK.    

But Aamir Khan, who had committed to Dangal, said he would be free only next August.

"Kung Fu Yoga" has also signed up Tiger Shroff for a role in the movie.