Sanyukta Iyer (MUMBAI MIRROR; December 5, 2017)

A day after Mirror reported that Shahid Kapoor is playing a lawyer in Shree Narayan Singh’s Batti Gul Meter Chalu, we have learnt that producer Prernaa Arora is in talks with Ileana D’Cruz for a significant role in the film while Katrina Kaif or Shraddha Kapoor are reportedly in contention to play Shahid’s love interest.

“We have only spoken to Ileana so far. It is a strong role of a lawyer with intense scenes and we are casting now,” Prernaa, who is co-producing the film with T-Series, said. To be filmed across Haridwar, Rishikesh, Tehri, Mussoorie and Nainital, the film chronicles the common man’s skirmishes with electricity shortage and is set to kick off on January 19.