Filmfare Exclusive: Abhay Deol to star opposite Katrina Kaif

Filmmaker Aanand L Rai's upcoming film Zero has already made a lot of headlines ever since its announcement. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif in lead roles and is touted to be one of the biggest releases of the year. While Shah Rukh Khan's look from the film has already created a lot of buzz and details about Anushka's character have been out, we still need to hear more on Kat's role.

Katrina Kaif

As fans and audiences gear up to watch the trio reunite after their 2012 film Jab Tak Hai Jaan, we have some interesting scoop for you from the film.

Katrina Kaif

While many of you are guessing King Khan to play Katrina's love interest in the film, here's a slight twist in it. As per the sources this time around Kat will be seen romancing another actor in the film. A source close to the makers of the film told Filmfare that it's actor Abhay Deol who will be seen as Katrina's love interest in the film. Yes, this sure has come as a pleasant surprise to many Abhay fans out there. Until now, news of Abhay being a part of the was not known by many, but now we clearly are aware of it. The Happy Bhag Jayegi actor will be seen sharing the screen with Katrina after Zoya Akhtar's Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and we sure are super excited to watch them together. Yay!

Meanwhile, it was just a day ago, Katrina had shared her look from the sets of the film. Reportedly, she will be seen playing a movie star in the film. Talking about the same, Kat earlier told a daily, "I play an actress in the film, but I don't play myself. I'm not Katrina Kaif in the film,