Pakistani actors Mikaal Zulfiqar and Rasheed Naz are set to star in the Akshay Kumar and Anupam Kher starrer Neeraj Pandey's film 'Baby'.

While Naz, who is well known for his work as Maulana Tahiri in the critically-acclaimed 'Khuda Key Liye,' will be playing a similar role in the film as Maulana Abdul Rahman, Zulfiqar's role in the film has not yet been disclosed, Pakistani media reported.

Zulfiqar has already worked on 3 projects in India, including 'Godfather', 'Shoot on Sight' and 'U R My Jaan,' but Naz would be making his debut in Bollywood with the movie.


According to reports, the shooting of the action-packed film will be done worldwide including Kathmandu and Istanbul to Abu Dhabi, Mumbai and Delhi, and while talking to a publication, Pandey had said that the film, which surprisingly has no songs, didn't need song and dance to engage the audience.

Kumar would be playing the lead as a top counter intelligence agent in th film which is slated to release on January 23, 2015.