Mehrunissa

Katrina Kaif to star in Mehrunissa

No, finally it is not Chitrangada Singh for Sudhir Mishra’s upcoming film Mehrunissa. She is not the muse this time. The makers of the film UTV Pictures are not keen as sudhir was to cast Ms. Singh in the lead role. They are planning an A-list actress instead. It was earlier Vidya Balan and now Katrina Kaif for the lead role.

If reports are to believe, the production house plans on approaching Katrina Kaif for a detailed narration of the script. The source explained, “UTV and Nikhil Advani are co-producing Mehrunissa. While Nikhil has maintained a non-committal stance as far as casting goes, UTV are keen on getting Katrina to essay the lead role. Considering that the film is about a girl who drives a wedge in the 50-year old friendship between two friends essayed by Big B and Rishi Kapoor, the production house feels that the youth market can only be won over by an actress like Katrina.”

But interestingly enough, neither Big B nor rishi Kapoor will actually be sharing screen space with the actress. It is so because the story of the film would be told in flashbacks when the characters were young. These characters would be played by newcomers where they would be courting the girl.

Previously, it was Vidya, who was offered the role of this unattainable girl. “Vidya was considered due to her connection with the film’s producer Siddharth Roy Kapur, but she was not so excited about the script,” added our source.

When inquired, Advani was uninformed about the decision to cast Katrina, UTV chose not to retort. As for Sudhir Mishra, he maintained that he has never met the actress. Katrina remained unavailable for comment.

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