Akshay Kumar starrer 'Bachchan Pandey' have found its antagonist and he'll be played by Gaurav Chopra. Gaurva will be making his Bollywood debut with this project. He reached the location on 18th of February and has already began filming for hai part in Jaisalmer.

Gaurav is known face for the TV audience and he has also worked alongside Academy Award Winner Leonardo DiCaprio in 2006 film 'Blood Diamond'. He also dubbed for Chris Hemsworth in 'Thor Ragnarok'.

About 'Bachchan Pandey', the actor said, "I feel extremely fortunate to be cast in a film produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. It doesn’t get better than this for a debut. To find someone like Farhad (Samji) sir as a director was great. He literally held my hand through it because I had a lot of questions and doubts. He gave me confidence and brought me into the film."