After Suriya, Janhvi Kapoor comes on board for Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Karna?

Reports suggests that Janhvi Kapoor has come on board to play the leading lady in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Karna

Suriya and director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra are all set to join hands for one of the biggest projects. The two super-talented individuals will be collaborating to make a film based on the Mahabharata's character Karna. Till now, there were no confirmed reports about the leading lady of the film, but now it looks like the movie has its heroine. If rumours are to be believed, then Janhvi Kapoor has come on board to play the leading lady in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Karna.

According to reports by a Twitter user, Janhvi will be playing the leading lady in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's directorial, and the producers Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani are said to be making the pan-India film in two parts. As per the user, the Suriya starrer is already in its pre-production stage and will go on the floor soon.

Earlier, Shahid Kapoor was supposed to play Karna, the Sun God, and Princess Kunti’s child, who became Duryodhana’s close friend and fought against the Pandavas in the Kurukshetra war. However, things did not work out, and Tamil star Suriya came on board the mythological drama that will trace the King of Anga’s glory, betrayal, conflict, and his lost love. As for the female lead, earlier there were reports that, Nayanthara—who recently made a splash in Bollywood with Jawan—was approached to play the part.

Karna is among the most enigmatic characters of the Mahabharata, with every reader interpreting his moral stance and actions in their own way. Over the past few months, there has been much chatter about the director’s ambitious project, Karna—as much for its grand scale as for the fact that it will mark Suriya’s Hindi cinema debut.

As for Janhvi, there were rumours of her being onboarded opposite Varun Dhawan in the new Dulhania film. Over six years since Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017), director Shashank Khaitan and producer Karan Johar are said to have found an apt subject to take forward the franchise that began with Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014). Reportedly, Alia Bhatt, who played the bride in the rom-com series, won’t be reuniting with Varun, Shashank, and KJo for the third outing.

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