MUMBAI: Yash Raj Films’ chairman Aditya Chopra has cast actor Ranveer Singh in his next directorial film titled Befikre. The film’s tagline is - “Those who dare to love.”

Chopra will be donning the director’s hat again after a span of seven years. His last film was Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’ in 2008 starring Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma.

YRF unveiled a video that showed Singh on the fourth floor of the studio’s office building. In the video spanning more than three minutes, Singh reveals that he will be part of Chopra’s next movie - Befikre.

It may be recalled that Singh began his acting career in 2010 with YRF’s Band Baaja Baraat, which was directed by Maneesh Sharma.

Chopra made the announcement of his next film on the eve of his father and veteran filmmaker Yash Chopra’s 83rd birth anniversary on 27 September. According to Chopra, Befikre is his “riskiest” and “youngest” film.