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Deepika Padukone to romance Bengali star Jisshu Sengupta, not Irrfan in Piku
Jisshu who made his Bollywood debut with Anurag Basu's Barfi! is excited about his film with Shoojit Sircar. "It's a big break with a director I really admire and with actors I really love," he said.
Shoojit Sircar's next film Piku, which already has a formidable cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Irrfan Khan and Deepika Padukone, just got more interesting. It now stars Bengali star Jisshu Sengupta in the romantic lead opposite Deepika.
Jisshu, who made his Bollywood debut opposite Ileana D'Cruz in a guest appearance in Anurag Basu's Barfi! would next be seen in Pradeep Sarkar's Hindi film Mardaani, in which he plays husband to Rani Mukerji's character.
Sircar is said to have been keen to cast Jisshu opposite Deepika as the role suited him to perfection. However, the fact that Jisshu was being launched as a leading man by Yash Raj Films (YRF) put a question mark on Jisshu's presence in Piku.
Jisshu showed Shoojit his Bengali film Jaatishwar. Only then was Sircar convinced.
The excited actor said: "It's a big break with a director I really admire and with actors I really love. It has been my dream to work with Mr. Bachchan from the time I decided I wanted to be an actor."
"Irrfan-ji is another actor I truly admire. As for Deepika, isn't she everyone's favourite dream girl these days?"
Piku would take Jisshu to Mumbai in August.
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