Ever since it was announced, the Hindi remake of the Telugu blockbuster, Arjun Reddy, has created a huge buzz among the audience. The edgy love story first made waves when the director of the original, Sandeep Vanga, was taken aboard by the producers to helm the Hindi version as well. After that, the film grabbed headlines when Shahid Kapoor was locked to play the title role. Now in a recent development, it is confirmed that Kiara Advani will star opposite Shahid for the first time and will essay the role of his love interest in the film.
It’s sheer coincidence and destiny that Kiara was the first to be considered when the director initially started scouting for his heroine. Kiara and Sandeep had even met and discussed the possibility. But later, due to date issues (the film was supposed to go on floors in August earlier), the talks took a backseat. Now that the film is slated to go on floors in early October, things fell back in place. Early this week, Kiara was signed for the film and the actress has even started her creative meetings with the filmmaker.
For Kiara, this could easily be a game-changer as this is one of the most challenging roles of her career so far. "Arjun Reddy has always been one of my favorite films,” she said, adding that "There are so many shades to the heroine’s character; I’m very excited about it." The film will require Kiara to have several variations in terms of performance as well as look.
Talking about the actress, Sandeep said, "Kiara epitomizes the female character in the film to the T. She has the perfect combination of innocence (in terms of looks) and maturity (in terms of performance) that’s so important for the character."
Well, we cannot wait for Shahid and Kiara to create their magic on the silver screen.
