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Upala KBR (DNA; June 15, 2016)

Siddharth Anand’s untitled project starring Sanjay Dutt which was to roll in August this year has been postponed now. His first project, now is most likely to be Marco Bhau, directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s sister Shelly Chopra. The film which was to start in October, may be preponed now.

Says a source, “Sanju has been training hard, to learn a special form of martial arts for the last couple of months, as he’s very excited about the film. He’s ready to shoot but now there’s a major problem — shooting begins abroad from August but the female lead is yet to be finalised. Athiya Shetty who was offered the film, has not even heard the script yet. While Siddharth is keen to rope in Kriti Sanon, she has not shown much interest. Siddharth had promised the producers that he would get Kriti on board a couple of months ago, but he has not been able to deliver. Now the producers are getting impatient with the shooting date approaching and putting pressure on him while he’s hunting for another heroine in place of Kriti. The latest is that she met Siddharth and the producers yesterday.”

According to the source, “The producers have a contract with Siddharth so the option is either they make the film with him or they shelve it. In all likelihood, the latter will happen.”