Mumbai: The first shot of Mukta Arts’ new project Paying Guest was directed by ace duo Abbas Mustan with Shreyas Talpade, Johnny Lever and Chunky Pandey on 24 May at Whistling Woods International.

The film is going to be the debut directorial venture for theatre personality Paritossh Painter. Paying Guest is the story of four young boys and four young girls.

It is fast paced, hilarious, boisterously entertaining and a mad comedy. The film stars Shreyas Talpade, Aashish Chaudhary, Javed Jaffrey, Vatsal Sheth, Celina Jaitly, Neha Dhupia, Riya Sen, Sayali Bhagat, Johnny Lever, Chunky Pandey, Asrani and Paintal. 

The musical score will be done by Sajid-Wajid with lyrics by Shabbir Ahmed. The other credits include cinematography by Selva Kumar, editing by Manish More, sound design by Rakesh Ranjan; art direction by Aashish Ranade and is produced by Raju Farooqui.