The superstar of south Prithviraj is currently on the seventh heaven after receiving the accolades for his realistic performance in the recently released action crime drama ' Aurangzeb '. Now after doing lots of dhishum dhishum in his previous film, Prithviraj is all set to venture into the comedy genre with his upcoming film ' Happy New Year '. Prithvi expressed that he is very excited about this project.

Prithvi said that currently, he is in a happy state as his performance in ' Aurangzeb ' was appreciated by everybody. He is glad that people didn't come out of the theatres saying that they saw a South Indian actor. Prithvi expressed that he is happy to get accolades from audiences and critics. He thinks that this was a huge accomplishment for him.

Prithviraj whose first Bollywood film was ' Aiyyaa ' was expressing his thoughts about his career and upcoming projects in a candid chit chat with the source. He will be next seen in a comedy film for the first time in Bollywood. He said that he is looking forward to work on this project.

' Happy New Year ' is directed by choreographer-filmmaker Farah Khan . Along with Prithvi, Shah Rukh Khan will be also seen in this movie. Prithviraj revealed that the film will be a situational comedy which will go on floors by this September.