Deal with Vaani Kapoor falls through; Shraddha Kapoor roped in opposit

Director Shree Narayan Singh was an
unknown figure who became a director to
watch out for this year. This was thanks to
Toilet Ek Prem Katha which he helmed
wonderfully. His direction skills in this film,
dealing with importance of toilets, was
loved and it was no wonder that he soon
bagged his next film as well. Titled Batti Gul
Meter Chalu, he managed to get Shahid
Kapoor as the male lead of the film.
The film is all set to go on floors in January
or February 2018 and speculation has been
going around for sometime about who will
be the leading lady in the film. Earlier, Ileana
D'Cruz's name was tossed around. Then, co-
producer Prernaa Arora revealed that
Katrina Kaif was offered the film and she
even liked the script. But, she couldn't do
the film as she was busy with Thugs Of
Hindostan and Shah Rukh Khan-Aanand L
Rai's next. Then finally, it was Vaani Kapoor
who bagged the film.
However, it seems that things didn't go as
planned with this young, sizzling actress.
Vaani Kapoor opted out of the film after she
had come on board. Thankfully, for the
makers, they didn't have to go searching for
an actress at the last moment. Shraddha
Kapoor was approached and she gave her
nod to the role opposite Shahid Kapoor.
This will be the second time after Haider
that both Shahid Kapoor and Shraddha
Kapoor will work together.
Besides Batti Gul Meter Chalu, Shraddha
Kapoor is working on the biopic of tennis
star Saina Nehwal, directed by Amole Gupte.
She is also working on Saaho, a trilingual
film starring Prabhas.
Batti Gul Meter Chalu touches upon two
aspects first, the significance of
electricity and life without it and second,
what happens to a common man when he
is faced with humongous bills. It is also
expected to be a courtroom drama. Batti
Gul Meter Chalu is produced by Bhushan
Kumar, Prernaa Arora, Arjun N Kapoor and
Krishan Kumar and it releases on August 31,
2018.

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NOOO

i think the reason so many actresses are opting out of it is coz it stars one of the least bankable stars..and frankly no one would want a flop in the making chances of which are sky high considering shahid has managed only 3 hits in a career lasting 13 years

shradda and shahid had very nice chemistry in haider