Alia Bhatt lost on a 200 Cr film? Replaced by Urvashi Rautela: Source spills deets

Urvashi Rautela is in the talks to play the lead role in a sci-fi film, which will be directed by Joseph D Sami and Jerald Arockiam. The sci-fi film will be released in Tamil, Kanada, Telugu, Hindi, and Malayalam, which would be Urvashi Rautela’s Tamil debut.

The actress was last seen in Virgin Bhanupriya that follows an unusual and interesting story-line and before that Urvashi has worked in the films like Sanam Re, Porobashinee, Mr. Airavata, and Singh Saab the Great. The actress also has an upper hand in the music industry, Urvashi Rautela had featured in music videos like Ek Ladki Bheegi Bhaagi Si, Teri Load Ve, LoveDose, and Who Chand Kaha Se Laogi.

Recently, there were speculations making rounds that Alia Bhatt will be cast as the lead actor in the film but it turns out that all of it were rumors and Urvashi Rautela has been chosen to play the lead.

Our source close to the actress shares,

Earlier it was known that Alia Bhatt was cast for the lead role in this sci-fi film but turns out it was just a rumour, so originally for the lead role Urvashi Rautela was the first choice.

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The directors' Joseph D Sami and Jerald Arockiam who have earlier worked with the superstars of the South Indian film industry like Rajinikanth, Vikram, Vijay, Ajeet Kumar will be working with Urvashi Rautela in the Tamil sci-fi film.

Our source close to the actress has confirmed that Urvashi will be playing the role of a microbiologist and an IITian and has even started the shooting for the film in Manali. The sci-fi film has a big-budget of around 200 crores.

On the work front, Urvashi Rautela has a number of projects lined up this year, the actress will be next seen in “Inspector Avinash” Jio Studios web series that will depict the real-life story of a super cop that will be played by Randeep Hooda, apart from this Urvashi Rautela has also signed a three-film deal with the Jio Studios.

She will be seen in the bilingual Thriller “Black Rose” and Hindi remake of “Thirutu Payale 2”. The actress will also be seen in her first international music collaboration with the Egyptian superstar Mohamed Ramadan in “Versace”. Urvashi Rautela will be seen romancing with Guru Randhawa in an upcoming music video “Mar Jayenge”.