Mumbai, May 10 (PTI) Thriller film "Neeyat", headlined by Vidya Balan, commenced its first shooting schedule in the U K on Tuesday.

The Prime Video movie reunites Balan with her "Shakuntala Devi" director Anu Menon.

Also Read | Prithviraj: Manushi Chhillar Calls Akshay Kumar's Epic Tale As Her Dream-Come-True Debut.

Balan took to Instagram and posted a picture with Menon and and film's producer Vikram Malhotra of Abundantia Entertainment.

"Excited to begin shooting one of the most engaging scripts I have read in the recent times, with some of my favourite people - @directormenon & @ivikramix All I can say is expect the unexpected. #Neeyat Filming Begins," the 43-year-old actor wrote.

Also Read | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness: From Tom Cruise as Iron Man to Balder the Brave, 5 Rumours Proved False After Benedict Cumberbatch's Marvel Film Came Out! (SPOILER ALERT).

Billed as a nail-biter, the official logline of "Neeyat" reads: "When guests start dropping dead at exiled billionaire Ashish Kapoor's birthday getaway, detective Mira Rao must unravel devious motives as the suspects are Kapoor's close friends and family."

"Neeyat" marks the fourth consecutive collaboration of Balan, Abundantia Entertainment and Amazon Prime Video. The trio have earlier collaborated on "Shakuntala Devi", "Sherni" and most recently "Jalsa".

The film's story is written by Menon, Advaita Kala and Girvani Dhyani. The screenplay is credited to Menon, Priya Venkataraman, Kala and Dhyani with dialogues by Kausar Munir.

Produced by Amazon Prime Video and Abundantia Entertainment, "Neeyat" also stars Ram Kapoor, Rahul Bose, Mita Vasishth, Neeraj Kabi, Shahana Goswami, Amrita Puri, Dipannita Sharma, Shashank Arora, Prajakta Koli and Danesh Razvi.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)