ABC’s Fresh Off The Boat to feature Preity Zinta in an episode

Bollywood actress Preity Zinta and Vir Das are set to guest star in an episode of ABC’s Fresh Off The Boat that is expected to serve as basis for a spin-off show.

The network has long been planning to develop a spin-off of the show, which follows the lives of a Taiwanese-American family in Florida in 1990s.

The show revolves around the lives of Huangs, a Taiwanese-American family comprising parents Louis and Jessica, their children Eddie, Emery, and Evan, and Louis’s mother, Jenny.

The upcoming episode will be shot next month, will centre around an Indian family whose daughter attends school with Eddie. The Dil Chahta Hai actress will portray the girl’s mother Meena, while Das will essay the role of her father DC.

The introduction of the new characters is expected to lead up to the spin-off show, tentatively titled Magic Motor Inn. Rachna Fruchbom, who has frequently penned episodes of Fresh Off The Boat, is attached to write. 20th Century Fox Television will produce the spin-off. Fruchbom will also serve as the executive producer on Magic Motor Inn, along with Jake Kasdan and Melvin Mar.

Fresh Off The Boat, currently in its sixth season, airs on ABC in the US. Preity Zinta’s last release back home was 2018’s Bhaiaji Superhit.