Mumbai, Jun 22 (IANS): National Award winning actor Manoj Bajpayee, who will soon be seen as an army officer in Neeraj Pandeys upcoming film "Aiyaary", has finished first schedule shooting in Kashmir.

"I had a great time in Kashmir working with the entire team and brave soldiers. Kashmir is a wonderful place with magnificent locations, friendly people and extremely pleasant climate," Manoj said in a statement.

"Since it was a just one week's tight schedule, I didn't get enough time to explore everything but I tried squeezing out some time and made sure to visit some of my favourite locations which I had seen long back when I had come for a school trip," he added.

Scheduled to release in January next year, "Aiyaary" will also feature actor Sidharth Malhotra.

Manoj will also be seen in the film "Love Sonia", which will star Freida Pinto, Demi Moore, Richa Chadda, Anupam Kher, Adil Hussain, Rajkummar Rao, Mrunal Thakur and Sai Tamhankar.