Over five years since Sui Dhaaga: Made in India, Anushka Sharma is said to team up with Varun Dhawan again. This time around, for director Kalees’s Hindi adaptation of Atlee’s Tamil hit, Theri (2016). Varun steps into Thalapathy Vijay’s shoes to play a cop on a mission to save his daughter from the baddies. Jahnvi Kapoor was initially offered to play the role essayed by Samantha in the original. Apparently, she didn’t have the dates requested by the makers, who then turned to Anushka. She liked the narration and immediately gave her nod. The second leading lady, for the part originally essayed by Amy Jackson, will also be finalised in the coming weeks. The Hindi redux, said to be rewritten with additional characters and plot twists, is slated to go on floors this August. 

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