Priya Gupta (BOMBAY TIMES; March 26, 2014)

We were the first to tell you that Nargis Fakhri had opted out of the remake of Basu Chatterjee’s 1982 hit comedy Shaukeen being remade with Akshay Kumar. While Nargis was keen to do the film, she got an offer from Hollywood which she found hard to resist and since the dates clashed, she chose the Hollywood option. We have now learnt that Nargis is moving on to shooting her Hollywood film and will be leaving for the US, which is also her home, on March 27. She will, in fact, not be available for the balance promotion for her upcoming film Main Tera Hero. In the meantime, Lisa Haydon’s work in Queen has greatly been appreciated and it is, thus, no surprise that the dusky, sexy Lisa has been offered the role of Nargis in the film. As Lisa weighs the pros and cons of taking up or not taking up the offer, we can certainly say that she would be an extremely competent choice.