Masaan actor Shweta Tripathi to play teenager dancer in Gone Kesh, upcoming film based on alopecia
FirstpostActress Shweta Tripathi, known for her roles in Masaan and Haramkhor,will be playing a 15-year-old aspiring dancer in Gone Kesh, touted to be India’s first ever film based on alopecia, a disorder where the immune system attacks the hair follicles resulting in hair loss from the scalp. The film will be directed by debutante Qasim Khallow, the first ever Tibetan Muslim to work in Bollywood. Khallow has previously worked as a camera person on films like Fan, Dum Laga Ke Haisha, Kill Dil, Gunday, Aurangzeb, Ek Tha Tiger, Chaar Din Ki Chandni, Yamla Pagla Deewana and Chamku. The film is set in the backdrop of a small town Siliguri, in West Bengal and will explore the different human emotions, pain, loneliness, fear, humour, courage and ignorance in a lighthearted manner.