India, April 24 -- Legendary actor-comedian Johnny Lever is all set to lead filmmaker Farhad Samji's next film and will play himself in the movie. Interestingly, as a mark of respect and tribute to the iconic artist, stars such as Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan have decided to do a cameo for free and given one day's time for their respective parts.

The film is going to be a fiction which will see Johnny with a new brand of comedy, something he hasn't done in a long time. While Johnny is currently shooting in Ooty for other projects, the shoot of Farhad Samji project has started in Mumbai.

Johnny is currently dabbling between this film, Welcome To The Jungle and Golmaal 5. While the actor was unreachable, we spoke to his daughter and a com...