Filmmaker Rohit Shetty who is for the first time collaborating with actor Akshay Kumar in his directorial venture 'Sooryavanshi' will start shooting for the action-cop drama from May.

"We will begin shooting for the film in the month of May. It's a long one year's journey before releasing the film," he said.

The female lead of the film was not finalised, he said.

"We will announce the female lead in next 2-3 days," Shetty said on the sideline of Hindustan Times Most Stylish Awards 2019 here on Friday.

'Sooryavanshi' is slated to release on Eid 2020.