MUMBAI: Anusha Rizvi known for her film Peepli Live, has teamed up with husband Mahmood Farooqui to direct her second film titled Opium.

Confirming the same, Anusha said, "I am busy scripting my next film which is titled Opium. It‘s based on Amitav Ghosh‘s novel. The film will be directed by me and Mahmood Farooqui. The film will go on the floors in 2013."

Anusha is looking at a bigger canvas for her second film and said, "I, as a director, want my film to do commercially well and at the same time it should be accepted by the audiences and get critical acclaim."

"The film will be widely shot in Bihar, UP (Uttar Pradesh) and Calcutta (in West Bengal),"she added.

On the casting, she maintains, "Right now, I am not looking at the cast of the film. I am only concentrating on the script. Once the script is ready, I will think about the cast."