Emma Thompson is a warm, generous co-star: Shabana Azmi

Veteran actor Shabana Azmi on Tuesday said collaborating with Hollywood star Emma Thompson on filmmaker Shekhar Kapurs Whats Love Got To Do With It was a wonderful experience. Azmi, 70, who plays a pivotal part in the upcoming film, praised the Academy Award winner for being a generous co-star.Its a wrap for Emma Thompson.

Veteran actor Shabana Azmi on Tuesday said collaborating with Hollywood star Emma Thompson on filmmaker Shekhar Kapur's ''What's Love Got To Do With It?'' was a ''wonderful'' experience. Azmi, 70, who plays a pivotal part in the upcoming film, praised the Academy Award winner for being a ''generous'' co-star.

''It's a wrap for #Emma Thompson. What a warm, generous costar she has been. I will cherish the wonderful times we spent together,'' she posted alongside a photograph of her and Thompson, 61.

Billed as a cross-cultural romantic-comedy, ''What's Love Got To Do With It?'' is set between London and South Asia.

The film marks Kapur's return to feature length directorial after his 2007 Cate Blanchett-starrer drama ''Elizabeth: The Golden Age''.

The project is the filmmaker's first collaboration with Azmi since 1983's acclaimed Hindi-language family drama ''Masoom'' . ''What's Love Got To Do With It?'' also stars Lily James of ''Baby Driver'' fame and ''Star Trek: Discovery'' actor Shazad Latif. It is written and produced by Jemima Khan.