MUMBAI: Actress Minissha Lamba has been roped in to star opposite Shreyas Talpade in Shirish Kunder’s next film Joker.

Kunder informed, "Minissha Lamba has been cast as the heroine opposite Shreyas Talpade in Joker."

Joker will be Kunder’s second directorial venture after Jaan-E-Mann. The editor – turned producer director has cast Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha as the lead pair in Joker.

"Gonna start filming a new movie soon… Shirish Kunder’s Joker. It’s a blessing to work with people whose work one has admired," Lamba wrote on Twitter.