MUMBAI: The shooting of Firoz Nadiadwala’s Welcome will be wrapped up by April 2007.

Confirms the film’s writer-director Anees Bazmi, “Welcome is almost complete. We have completed a major schedule in Dubai and will be shooting the remaining part of the film in and around Mumbai, after which we will go ahead with the post-production work.”

Welcome, says Bazmi, is a mega budget light romantic comedy film. The film stars Akshay Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Feroze Khan, Paresh Rawal, Katrina Kaif and Mallika Sherawat. The film’s music has been composed by Himesh Reshammiya.