Deepika Padukone to play Rajinikanth’s heroine? Director Pa Ranjith answers

Speculations were rife that Deepika Padukone has been tapped to share screen space with Rajinikanth for the second time in the film, which is directed by Pa Ranjith.

Rajinikanth, Deepika Padukone, Rajinikanth Deepika Padukone film, Rajinikanth Deepika film, Pa Ranjith

Deepika Padukone to play female lead in Rajinikanth film? No, says the director Pa. Ranjith.

Some media reports have suggested that the makers of Pa. Ranjith’s upcoming untitled flick, starring superstar Rajinikanth, have approached Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone to play the female lead. However, the director has rubbished the speculations on Twitter, while responding to a question. When a Twitter user asked the director whether it was true that the filmmakers are considering Deepika to cast as the female lead, Ranjith said, “No this is not true.” Speculations were rife that Deepika has been tapped to share screen space with Rajinikanth for the second time in the film, which is reportedly set in Mumbai.

Earlier, Deepika played the leading lady in Rajinikanth’s Kochadaiyaan, India’s first photo-realistic motion-capture film, which marked the directorial debut of Rajinikanth’s daughter Soundarya.

Vidya Balan’s name was also in the news for the lead role. “We will know in a while,” Vidya had told when asked about the project in an event last week.

Read Pa. Ranjith’s latest tweet on Deepika Padukone and Rajinikanth’s film:

@vindren @rameshlaus @superstarrajini @deepikapadukone “no this is not true “

— pa.ranjith (@beemji) March 17, 2017

Meanwhile, as per a source Khushbu Sundar might land a pivotal role in superstar Rajinikanth’s yet-untitled next outing, to be directed by Kabali fame Pa. Ranjith. Khushbu and Rajinikanth, in their heyday, have starred in Tamil films such as Mannan, Pandian and Annamalai.

Rajinikanth is currently busy with his much-awaited film 2.0, directed by Shankar.

Produced by Dhanush’s home banner Wunderbar Films, the untitled project marks Ranjith’s second consecutive collaboration with Rajinikanth after his 2016’s biggest blockbuster Kabali. The pre-production work is underway in Chennai. The filmmakers are expected to announce the full details of cast and crew soon.

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