Wait for me, Mr Bhandarkar says 'Madamji' Priyanka Chopra

It's official. Priyanka Chopra is starring in Madhur Bhandarkar's Madamji but not without a rider. The National Award-winning filmmaker will have to wait till mid-October before he can shoot with the actress even though he had planned to roll in May.

So what has made Priyanka delay the project? A source close to the film told Mirror, "Priyanka and Madhur had a meeting before she left to shoot the on-going schedule of the Mary Kom biopic. She told Madhur that she was bowled over by the script and definitely wants to be a part of the project, but there was a hitch."


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Priyanka informed Madhur that she can only take up the role after she is done with Omung Kumar's Mary Kom and Zoya Akhtar's Dil Dhadakne Do. It will take her around seven months to wrap up the both the films.

"Priyanka wants do Madamji in one go since it is a challenging role. She doesn't want any distraction," the source added. So, Madhur is now planning a quickie to keep him busy for the next few months. He has decided to wrap up Calendar Girls, a moderate-budget film which Mirror had reported about on February 19, 2014.


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"Calendar Girls needs only 55-56 days of shoot. The team has already set the stage for the first schedule. The cast will comprise mostly newcomers and Madhur will have to speed up the casting process." Madhur plans to flag off Calendar Girls sometime in April-May. The film will be shot in Spain and India.

Confirming this, Madhur told Mirror, "Priyanka and I are working on the schedule and other modalities for Madamji. But yes, I may make Calendar Girls first." Madamji is based on the life of an item girl-turned-politician and if all goes well, this will be the first time that Madhur will repeat an actress. His last film with Priyanka, Fashion, won her the National Award, among other honours.