Deepika Padukone to Replace Priyanka Chopra in Race 2

Posted by admin on Oct 30th, 2010 | 0 comments

Race 2 is obviously, the most awaited sequel in Bollywood considering the fact that the first part was quite gripping. The sequel is an official Bollywood version of Italian Job. The movie has been in news for long, for the female leads walking out of the film and then being replaced by someone else. Now the buzz is that Deepika Padukone will be replacing Priyanka Chopra in the film.

Last heard, the casting of Race 2 would have Anil Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan and John Abraham. There were reports that Sonam Kapoor would be one of the female leads, but the main female lead was supposed to be Priyanka Chopra. However, that has changed with Deepika Padukone doing the role of the main lead instead of Piggy Chops. Ramesh says, “To be frank Priyanka was never actually in the film. Yes, we were in talks with her initially but due to date issues, since she is busy shooting for Don 2, we dropped the idea.”

He adds, “As of now we have finalized Deepika, who will be playing the female lead in the film. Apart from her, there will be two other actresses who will also be in the film, but they have not yet been locked.” Ramesh says that the script is ready and the film will go on floors very soon. “We have already finalized and locked the script, and are looking to start shooting next year. While for the music, it’s going to be Pritam.”

With Deepika proving her worth in films like Lafangey Parindey, she is definitely going to be the toast of Bollywood with the performance oriented films that are coming her way.