"Besharam" fame actress Pallavi Sharda is upbeat about teaming up with "Bend It Like Beckham" star Jonathan Rhys Meyers in an international project titled "Shambhala". She calls him her "biggest co-actor".

"I've returned from Australia yesterday (on Wednesday) to shoot a film named 'Shambhala'. I'll be shooting in Manali from next week. It's an international project. So I'm very excited," Pallavi said here at an event for Jabong.com on Friday.

"I'm working with Jonathan Rhys Meyers in my next film. He's a big Hollywood actor, so for me, he's like the biggest co-actor that I've had," she added.

Australian director Summer Nicks will reportedly be helming the project, which may even star Bollywood's action star Akshay Kumar.

Having been born in Australia, Pallavi keeps travelling there.

"I'm actually writing a book right now in Australia, which is why I'm there very often. It's very non-Bollywood, so everybody is like, 'What is she doing?' So that's what I'm doing!"