CASTING COUP
It could well turn out to be the casting coup of the season if this prominent filmmaker gets his way. For his next film, a sprawling period piece with a massive ensemble cast, he is keen to rope in a beautiful female star who hasn't made a movie since she had a baby last year. In the same film, he has plans to cast a leading younger actress in a romantic track opposite her real-life boyfriend, who is expected to play the male lead.
The two actresses, regarded popularly as the most stunning women in Bollywood, have never had an opportunity to become friends, or even so much as get to know each other. At some point or the other, both actresses dated the same man, thereby automatically being pitted against each other by the controversy-loving film press. They've reportedly avoided each other cautiously at public events, including the recent premiere of a film they were both at(JTHJ Premiere).
More awkward may have been a recent overseas shooting schedule of a film(Dhoom 3 shooting in Chicago last year), during which the married actress showed up to spend time with her husband, who was filming with the other actress. Unit hands say the mood was tense the first day the ladies were on set together, but everything went off smoothly, given that the ladies didn't exchange a word… or even a smile.
It's hard to imagine that both actresses will, in fact, agree to work in the film, given that they have several common scenes which they will need to shoot together. But before he can even convince the two actresses to set aside their hang-ups and act in his film, the director himself may need to overcome a significant hurdle in the form of a third A-list actress, and his close friend, who is allegedly determined to be cast in one of those two plum roles.
Source:
http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/voices/for-privacy-in-the-dark
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