Mumbai, Jan 28 (IANS): Debutant filmmaker Munnawar Shamim Bhagat has roped in actor Aditya Pancholi to play a brutal and insecure husband in his debut project "Lakhon Hain Yahan Dilwale".

"The film has an important character called Vitthal Dada, for which I have roped in Aditya Pancholi," Bhagat told IANS.

"He will be seen married to the leading lady in the film. However, he has a troubled past, and leads a life of a gangster. Aditya will be seen playing a brutal, insecure husband who doubts his wife. He will be seen as a very angry man," he added.

"Lakhon Hain..." has been produced by Bhagat himself under the Banner Meena Shamim Films.

Beside Aditya Pancholi, the film also features Kishori Shahane, Aroon Bakshi, Anju Mahendru, Vije Bhatia and Kritika Gaikwad, among others.

Talking further about the plot of the film, the director said: "My story is based in Mumbai... a city where thousands of people come to fulfill their dream. The leading lady and hero of the movie both are talented singers who never got a chance in their life. The girl lives in Mumbai and works in a beauty parlour while the boy migrates to Mumbai chasing his passion and to try his luck."