Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh is elated that Akshaye Khanna is back on the silver screen and said that the actor is one of his favourites.

Akshaye is coming back on the silver screen in the upcoming actioner "Dishoom".

Ghosh, who prepping for the release of his upcoming film "Kahaani 2" starring Vidya Balan and Arjun Rampal, took to Twitter to thank "Dishoom" director Rohit Dhawan.

"Oh yes! Akshaye Khanna is back. One of my all time favourite actor. Thank you Rohit Dhawan," Ghosh tweeted.

"Dishoom", also starring Varun Dhawan, John Abraham, Jacqueline Fernandez, Akshaye Khanna and Saqib Saleem releases on July 29.