The Bollywood stars who'll hog the spotlight in 2017

Priyanka Chopra and Deepika PadukoneWhile Priyanka had a blinkandmiss appearance in the promo of Indiarsquos wet dream Baywatch wersquore sure shersquoll make up for screentime in the actual movie since she plays the antagonist And then therersquos Deepika in XXX The Return Of Xander Cage with Vin Diesel Top desi heroines making their Hollywood debut Big deal Yes how can we not be excitedRitesh BatraLunchbox 2013 was a rare Indian crossover sleeper hit We heard little from its director thereafter only to learn now that hersquos been listed by Variety among the top 10 filmmakers in the world to watch out for Couldnrsquot agree more The Bandra boy helms the adaptation of Julian Barnesrsquo Booker winning lsquounfilmablersquo book The Sense OF An Ending and Robert Redfordrsquos final film Our Souls At Night with Jane Fondamdashboth out in 2017 WoahVidya BalanWersquove seen the Bengali original Rajkahini that Vidyarsquos Begum Jaan is a remake of Therersquos enough meat in it for the lead to deliver a knockout punch Vidya we believe will deliver As would we hope many other Bollywood actors whose lsquoauthorbacked rolesrsquo Okay we hate that clicheacute that wersquore eagerly looking forward to SRK in Raees Ranbir in Sanjay Dutt biopic and Ranveer Singh in PadmavatiHarshvardhan KapoorSo Mirzya wasnrsquot the masterpiece it was meant to be But his next Bhavesh Joshi isnrsquot likely to disappoint or so we hope He comes across as a wellmeaning filmbuff raring to change the game As for other filmy kids many rumours over Sridevirsquos daughter Jhanvi in Sairat remake and Shahidrsquos bro Ishan in KJorsquos productionhellip But no confirmations yetRajkummar RaoHerersquos the actor who might own 2017 Why Firstly Vikramaditya Motwanersquos Trapped that everyonersquos raving about already Then therersquos Newton directed by Amit Masurkar of Suleimani Keeda fame a black comedy And whatever happened to Ramesh Sippyrsquos return to direction Shimla Mirchi Rao is definitely worth looking forward toZaira WasimRemember the younger Geeta Phogat from Dangal She got less attention because the adult version of her character played by Fatima Sana Shaikh stole the limelight and the filmrsquos climax and rightly so But therersquos more of Zaira coming up She stars as the lead in Aamirrsquos Secret Superstar now Hoping to watch this pocketrocket set the screen on fireKonkona SenSharmaThe strikingly talented actor makes her directorial debut with Death In The Gunj a moody film set in 1970s McCluskieganj among an Anglo Indian family that being the only shade similar to her mom Aparna Senrsquos first film as director 36 Chowringhee Lane Especially look out for some fine performancesDiljit DosanjhCould he become Bollywoodrsquos first Sikh superstar while keeping his turban and a terrifically understated onscreen persona intact Well the Punjabi singerhero did become a household name with Udta Punjab in 2016 And now Anushka Sharmarsquos home production Phillauri will be his next Canrsquot wait SeriouslyZhu ZhuZhu who Well the top Chinese star opposite Salman Bhai this year in Kabir Khanrsquos Tubelight Dream desi debut Yes But a film that will unite Bombay films with the Orient thanks to her We donrsquot know yet What we wanna know is howrsquos Zhu Hearing great chatter by the way