Director Sanjay Gupta's action-drama 'Jazbaa', which marks the Bollywood comeback of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan after a gap of five years, is all set to hit theatres on October 9.

The film, which is currently being shot in Mumbai, also stars Irrfan, Shabana Azmi, Abhimanyu Singh, Atul Kulkarni and Chandan Roy Sanyal and Anupam Kher in pivotal roles.

"Let the countdown begin! Jazbaa releases October 9th, 2015," Gupta posted on Twitter. 'Jazbaa' is written by Kamlesh Pandey and Robin Bhatt.