MUMBAI: South African Playboy model Candice Boucher has been signed to play the role of a sand artist in Percept Pictures‘ yet untitled venture, a spy drama.

Boucher, who learnt sand artistry from a sand artist in Belarus, was a Playboy centre spread attraction of the magazine‘s April 2010 issue. She is also the brand ambassador of Intimissimi and Guess Jeans.

Starring Sachin Joshi, son of Gutkha baron Jagdish Joshi and Arya Babbar, the film is directed by Prashant Chaddha.

The movie is about an informant who goes undercover to save his brother and the nation from the effects of a biological war.