Shabana Azmi is playing a character based on chef Vikas Khanna in an untitled film, which will release early next year. The film is directed by Vikas Khanna. Vikas Khanna said, “Shabana plays a failed chef New York and comes back to India to redeem her reputation. It was very challenging to direct Shabana who is unarguably the best living actress today. When I approached her for the role she very frankly told me she couldn’t cook to save her life. I wondered how she could play a chef if she couldn’t cook. She assured me it was easy. It is called acting.”

Masterchef Vikas Khanna's directorial debut The Last Color won worldwide acclaim last year. Apparently, Khanna, who is Shabana Khan fan, convinced her to play the chef on the condition that he would teach her how to cook. He shot the entire film before the lockdown.