Bhansali gets his 'Juliet'
- IndiaGlitz, [Wednesday,August 01 2012]
After couple of actresses played musical chairs for the leading ladyÂs role, its Deepika Padukone who has been finally bagged the part for Sanjay Leela BhansaliÂs ÂRam LeelaÂ.
Much has been written about this BhansaliÂs forthcoming romantic venture, which is the adaptation of ShakespeareÂs legendary work ÂRomeo JulietÂ.
While Ranveer Singh has been reported to be signed as Romeo, there was a constant hunt for someone to play his lady love.
Initially the role was bagged by Kareena Kapoor, but then she left the project citing some problem with the contract. Then Priyanka ChopraÂs name was in the list.
Later, Katrina Kaif was seriously considered for the role, since the script demanded a fair actress.
Apparently she had date issues and now the offer has been landed in DeepikaÂs court, which she grabbed gladly.
Talks are that Deepika in fact had Ekta Kapoor-Karan Johar project on hand, but since that one was taking time, the actress felt to give those dates to BhansaliÂs film.
On the other hand, Bhansali is quite happy to have Deepika on board.
Incidentally, this is second movie which Deepika bags, the one that Kareena rejected.
The first one was Rohit ShettyÂs ÂChennai ExpressÂ, which was earlier offered to Bebo.