next film, Kesari, which marks his
collaboration with Karan Johar's Dharma
Productions. The movie, that was
announced with much hullabaloo, was in
the news recently when Salman Khan, who
was one of the producers of the film,
backed out from the project. While there
was no official announcement made about
Salman's exit, reports suggested that Khan
was miffed with his manager and Karan
Johar for tricking him into producing the
film on the same subject as the one on
which Ajay Devgn had announced his next
Battle of Saragarhi. Reportedly, Salman was
told by his manager that Ajay had shelved
his film. Hence the former had agreed to
make this one. But when Salman met Ajay
on the sets of Baadshaho in Jodhpur, he
learnt the truth and thus backed out of the
project. Also read: Kesari: 5 things you need
to know about Battle of Saragarhi that
inspired Akshay Kumar and Karan Johar's
film
Later, the status of the film was flaky and in
an interview Akshay Kumar was asked
about it, to which he had said, "Battle of
Saragarhi is happening. Whether Salman is
co-producing it is still being figured out!
Recently, Karan Johar announced the film on
Twitter. The movie is being jointly produced
by KJo and Akshay Kumar and has been
titled Kesari. Though no leading lady was
confirmed so far, names like Parineeti
Chopra, Katrina Kaif had cropped up.
However, there hasn't been an official
announcement made about it yet.
Now, we have exclusively learnt from our
source that Parineeti Chopra is confirmed as
the lead actress of the film and the movie is
all set to roll in January 2018. Confirms our
source, "Both Karan and Akshay have zeroed
in on Parineeti Chopra and she has given
her nod too. She is very much onboard and
will begin prep for the film soon. An official
announcement about the same is being
planned for sometime in November end.
This is a big project for Parineeti and there
was no way she could turn it down.
The source added, "Akshay Kumar and
Parineeti Chopra will begin shooting for
Kesari by January 2018.
Directed by Anurag Singh, Kesari is based on
the battle of Saragarhi and is all set to
release on Holi weekend of 2019.
Text by Urvi Parikh
http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/exclusive-parineeti-chopra-finalised-for-akshay-kumars-next-film-kesari/.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
        
          
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