Sana Bucha to feature in film

JournalismPakistan.com | Published 11 years ago

ISLAMABAD: Sana Bucha who used to host current affairs talk shows on Geo and Dunya Television will be featuring in a forthcoming movie, media reports said.

The film Delta Foxtrot is produced by Waqas Rana, whose earlier production was the popular Waar. The cast of the new film announced in December 2013 has now been finalized.

Besides Sana, other artists in the film are Ayesha Omar, Humayun Saeed and Shaan.

Sana has been away from television talk shows since leaving Dunya TV in April last year.

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