Shraddha Kapoor and Sushant Singh Rajput in Nitesh Tiwari’s next?

Actress Shraddha Kapoor was last seen in Apoorva Lakhia’s ‘Haseena Parker’. The biopic that was based on the life of notorious Don Dawood Ibrahim’s sister had the actress in the titular role. The actress is at present busy with her upcoming projects such as Shree Narayan Singh’s ‘Batti Gul Meter Chalu’. The film also features Shahid Kapoor and Yami Gautam.

The ‘Aashiqui 2’ star also has Amar Kaushik’s horror comedy ‘Stree’, opposite Rajkummar Rao and action dhamaka ‘Saaho’ with ‘Baahubali’ star Prabhas. The film is being directed by Sujeeth. It is now being rumoured that the Kapoor girl has bagged a lucrative project that is being directed by Nitesh Tiwari of ‘Dangal’ fame.

As per rumours, Shraddha Kapoor been signed opposite Sushant Singh Rajput in Nitesh Tiwari’s film to be produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. The Nitesh Tiwari directorial is likely to go on floors after Sushant wraps up the remake of The Fault In Our Stars. (Also Read: EXCLUSIVE: Will Shraddha Kapoor opt out of Ekta Kapoor’s ‘Shotgun Shaadi’?)

Sources added, “Shraddha and Sushant were earlier supposed to act together in Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan’s film ‘Chanda Mama Door Ke’ in which she was to play an astronaut. However, that film is on the back-burner now.”

However, no official announcement has been made yet.