Kriti Sanon to replace Taapsee in John Abrahams thriller?

Nothing succeeds more than success and Kriti Sanon is the latest actress to be enjoying that phase. Apart from her acting chops being recognized and her performance praised in her latest release Bareilly Ki Barfi, the film has been enjoying a decent run at the box office. Now we have just heard the actress (in a recent development which took place on Sunday night) may replace Taapsee Pannu, in the remake of the Spanish thriller, The Invisible Guest (2016), opposite John Abraham.

Says a trade source, "Truth is, that Taapsee Pannu has not been signed as John Abraham's leading lady in the movie as has been reported. Talks were on with her but before she was signed, talks started between Kriti Sanon and chances are she may soon be part of the film. It is about a young businessman who gets accused of the murder of his beautiful lover, a defense attorney fighting his case, the arrival of a new witness and a subsequent shocking twist in the tale. Recently there were reports that Taapsee was signed to play John's beautiful mistress in the film but that has not been confirmed. Now Kriti may play that role.

However, in a recent turn of developments, after some members of the creative team saw Kriti's stellar performance in Bareilly Ki Barfi, on Saturday night at a special screening, things have changed for Taapsee. The source adds, "The team came back extremely impressed. They told John, who is also the co-producer, that, Kriti has outdone herself in the film and the actor-producer appeared impressed when he told him. Kriti is younger, more glamorous and prettier than Taapsee in the film and fits the role perfectly of the sexy and scheming mistress. It's a role which has grey shades and it will be interesting to watch Kriti in it. A quick meeting and some conference calls took place on Sunday night and now the film's team and its debutante director Lakshya will meet and give Kriti a narration this week and then dates and remuneration will be discussed.

The film will go on floors around December this year.