Alia Bhatt opposite Akshay Kumar in her next?

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Posted: 10 years ago
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Fresh Pair! Akshay Kumar-Alia Bhatt in Badlapur Director Sriram Raghavan's Film?

DAILYBHASKAR.COMFEB 08, 2016, 10:32AM IST
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After making a thriller, Badlapur last year, Sriram Raghavan is working on his next, an adaptation of Vikas Swarup's The Accidental Apprentice. But soon after that, he will begin working on a thriller. As per news sources, the director has collaborated with scriptwriter-turned-author Sheeja Jose, and is considering a thriller based on Sheeja's second bestseller, Gone with The Bullet.

Reportedly, the novel, which is drawn from many true incidents and people and has been fictionalized, was originally a film script, which Sujoy Ghosh had planned to bring on screen. Shedding more light on the same, Sheeja has been quoted by a publication saying, "It took me two years to complete and when things didn't fall in place with Sujoy, I turned the script into a book. The story follows an 18-year-old girl who falls in love with a 40-something assassin.

While the project is in nascent stage, it will be really interesting to see a 40 year old romancing an 18 year old on screen. Thus, the casting of the movie is something to look forward to. When prodded the writer to shed her thought in terms of the cast, she told a tabloid she thinks that Sriram will agree to the fact that Akshay Kumar would be perfect as the brooding, dark assassin and Alia Bhatt as the new-age girl in love.
Interestingly, Akshay and Alia has a Bollywood history. Not many would remember that Alia as a child artist acted in Akshay Kumar starrer, Tanuja Chandra's Sangharsh in 1999 when she was just 6 years old.

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Posted: 10 years ago
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This would be interesting. Admittedly the age gap between actors/actresses is a turn off when downplayed to nonexistence on screen, but when the plot demands and acknowledges it it could turn out to be something nice and fresh for the audiences - especially when the pair is easy on the eyes.
Amy Jackson is 23 ( only a year older than Alia) and she looked fine with Akki in SIB, it will be interesting to see Alia and Akshay together, especially given that both can act tremendously well.


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Posted: 10 years ago
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The age gap is too much...even if story demands :s

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Posted: 10 years ago
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Alia n akki as a pair- a big no frm my side
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Posted: 10 years ago
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Vikas Swarup's book ?
after Slumdog Millionaire
interesting
Didnt read the book so cant say if it is romantic pair or not
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Posted: 10 years ago
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why people keep on ranting about age gaps...

like they are not marrying in real life.. even in real lives people with 20+ years age difference do marry and gel in well...

if a pair on-screen looks well with the script... then age difference may go to hell...
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Posted: 10 years ago
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Actually sounds kind of interesting. Sriram's a director I trust to go completely by the scripts demands and not just cast actors without reason. Hope this happens.
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Posted: 10 years ago
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Funny how these younger girl older man scripts seem to be purposely created just for Alia
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Posted: 10 years ago
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What happened to Accidental apprentice is Deepika doing it or not and if not her then take someone else.
Interesting pair Akki-Alia, if done aesthetically will look good.

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