Akshay Kumar opts for Sonakshi Sinha over newcomers
Bollywood Hungama | BySubhash K. Jha
Updated on: Dec 29, 2012 02:29 pm IST
Murugadoss, director of Akshay Kumar's new movie, said, "I was told Sonakshi's dates were not working out. I suppose that's been sorted out. We seemed to have very little choice. All the big heroines in Mumbai were tied up with other...
Poor Murugadoss. The
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Ghajini
director is not conversant with the ways of Bollywood. Barely able to follow the Hindi
bhasha
, Murugadoss finds himself besieged by rumours planted by eager aspirants desirous of being cast opposite Akshay Kumar in his new action-drama, remake of the Tamil blockbuster
Thuppakki
about an army man's revenge against terrorists.
Says a friend of the director, "Murugadoss has changed his number three times in the last four months. Ever since news of the remake with Akshay Kumar came out, he has been bombarded with calls from heroines in Mumbai."
In fact Vipul Shah and Murugadoss decided to cast a new girl opposite Akshay for this film. We hear five new girls were short-listed for the privilege of playing Akshay's leading lady. But now Akshay has persuaded his
Rowdy Rathore
co-star Sonakshi Sinha to join him in the
Thuppakki
remake.
Curiously, Murugadoss in Chennai seems oblivious of this development, "I was told Sonakshi's dates were not working out. I suppose that's been sorted out. We seemed to have very little choice. All the big heroines in Mumbai were tied up with other projects. We auditioned many new girls and zeroed in on 4-5 of the most promising names."
Murugadoss reveals several prominent leading ladies were considered opposite Akshay. "We did approach Parineeti Chopra. But we understand she is committed elsewhere. Her dates are not available."
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