Nayandeep Rakshit (DNA; July 7, 2015)

Casting around the Ram Lakhan remake is all anyone wants to talk about these days and even the actors who played the title roles in the original — Jackie Shroff and Anil Kapoor — have picked their favourites — Sidharth Malhotra and Ranveer Singh respectively. But there has been little to no talk about who will play Dimple Kapadia and Madhuri Dixit’s parts.

“People keep forgetting that along with being a two-hero film, it’s also a two-heroine project. Producer Karan Johar is keen on Shraddha Kapoor for Madhuri’s role. He’s very impressed with her performance in ABCD 2,” revealed our source from the production. Karan and director Rohit Shetty have yet to decide who to pick for Dimple’s part.

Well, one thing is for sure. “The remake will have young actors only,” Rohit Shetty had confirmed to us in an interview. “Shraddha’s riding high on her back-to-back successes and Alia Bhatt is one of Karan’s favourites. So both of them are the toughest contenders for the role. But nothing has been finalised,” our source informed us.

When we reach Shraddha for her comment, she says, “If I really want to do a film, I chase it down completely. I make sure I do everything in my power to be a part of the film. I won’t have second thoughts. I would not feel, ‘Should I call this director or producer?’ Never. That’s actually how Haider and Rock On 2 happened. It happened as a combined effort. Somebody was talking to somebody and it reached me via somebody else. So I told them, ‘Oh they want to meet me? I will call and tell them I want to meet them.’ You don’t want to lose time and lose out on a precious film. It’s very easy to gauge who is genuinely interested in working with you, right after a meeting. So then, I go by my instincts. But if you talk about trying, I do try my best to get a film if I really want to do it.”

Tell her she’s in contention for the Ram Lakhan remake and she bursts out laughing. “Really! Am I? I am not in talks with them for this film. No one has approached me yet but I would love to do a film with Dharma,” was all she would let on.

Expect an official announcement soon