Deepika Padukone and Siddhant Chaturvedi to romance in Shakun Batra’s next?

‘Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu’ and ‘Kapoor and Sons’ director Shakun Batra is back with another contemporary tale that will be produced by Karan Johar. The movie will feature a fresh pairing, ‘Tamasha’ actress Deepika Padukone and ‘Gully Boy’ actor Siddhant Chaturvedi.

According to a report by Mumbai Mirror, a source revealed that “Shakun wanted to cast a fresh face alongside Deepika and he felt Siddhant fits the bill“. The source also added that the couple will have multiple intense romance scenes.

The movie is set to go on floors in March 2020. It is about modern world relationships and features two couples one of them being Siddhant and Deepika.

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Siddhant rose to fame with Zoya Akhtar’s Ranveer Singh starrer ‘Gully Boy’ and since then he has signed three films, one of them being a comedy that has already gone on floors. The source said, “Siddhant’s performance in ‘Gully Boy’ won over the audience and was instrumental in getting him Shakun’s film”

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Talking about this project the source revealed, “It is a special script for both Shakun and Karan, and they are raring to take the film on the floors next year. It is set in India and the team is currently working on the logistics and finalising the locations…Apart from Deepika and Siddhant, the film will feature two more prominent actors.”

Meanwhile, on the work front, Deepika Padukone will be seen in Kabir Khan’s ’83’ in which she will star opposite hubby Ranveer Singh as his on-screen wife. She also has Meghna Gulzar’s directorial ‘Chhapaak’ that is based on acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal.

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