Kareena confirms Dev Benegal's film opposite Farhan!

Kareena confirms Dev Benegal's film with Farhan Akhtar!

It was a last minute intervention by Karan Johar that saved the day for Kareena Kapoor. A generous KJo allowed his good friend Bebo a chunk of dates from Shuddhi, so she could work with Farhan Akhtar in a Dev Benegal film.

"Shuddhi, which will be directed by Karan Malhotra, requires a straight 200 days from Kareena. She was sure that for almost a year it would be only shooting Shuddhi with Hrithik Roshan, and nothing else. That's why she hadn't signed any other project," she says.

However, when Farhan approached her with the Dev Benegal film, which is said to be a musical drama with elements of action in it, Kareena was too tempted to resist it. "Though Dev's last two films (Road, Movie and English August) have been niche affairs, this one is out-and- out commercial. Kareena was totally bowled over with the script but unfortunately for her, the dates were clashing with Shuddhi. While Farhan and Dev wanted to shoot in March and April, Kareena's diary was already blocked for Karan's production," the source adds.

This is where the long-standing friendship between with KJo and Kareena came into play. Kareena says, "I had to call up Karan and chalk it out. I didn't want to miss out on the Farhan-Dev film but then it couldn't have been at the cost of Shuddhi either. I requested Karan if in the interim period he could manage to shoot with other actors while I was away. Dharma is like my own production and I knew I could afford to make this request. Karan was very adjusting and allowed me this flexibility." Perhaps this is how Karan manages to be everyone's favourite.
Eventually, it turned out to be a win-win situation for Kareena, whose next film Gori Tere Pyar Mein releases this week. Friendship pays and how in Bollywood.

Source: Asian Age

Originally posted by: beboholic

*Waiting for her to walk out of this one too.

Originally posted by: beboholic

^ probably the fact that the director's last film Agneepath was a hit and plus Duggu is in the film.

Originally posted by: ponymo

I guess this means adieu to the Balaji Dharma film with Emraan.

Didn't she say something to the effect that she'd rather do three movies in 150 days rather than allot 150 to a single movie when SLB asked for her dates?

Surprised as to what made her allot 200 days to Shuddh?

Originally posted by: desigal90

Shuddhi is a lot more bankable than RL was.

I mean SLB's last few films werent working and Ranveer is a newcomer.

Also, I think she was hesitant to allot all her dates to a film that doesnt have full guarantee. Coz that's kinda dangerous too at this point of her career.

Originally posted by: dazzelll

Kareena has no confidence in her talent, she is very insecure of losing her stardom and that has cost her over and over.

Who in that right mind would choose Gori tere pyar me over RaamLeela, especially at this stage in her career when she already has proved herself and she has no need to do candy floss to stay in industry.

And for sure, she wouldnt have done Shuddhi if it didnt have big names like Hrithik and Karan square attached to it. She is too scared to work with young/unsuccessful ppl. I have to give props to Priyanka when it comes to that, she is fearless and is never scared to take challenges.