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character,” Vanga said.
Share Screen Space wiTh Shahid Kapoor The original film, starring Vijay Deverakonda and Shalini Pandey in
the lead, revolved around a medical student who falls in love with
ctor Kiara Advani has been paired opposite Shahid his junior and how their relationship evolves. The remake will be
Kapoor in the Hindi remake of Telugu blockbuster Arjun produced by T-Series and Cine1 Studios.
AReddy. Kiara, who was most recently seen in Netflix’s Lust Shahid Kapoor, who was recently seen in Batti Gul Meter Chalu, will now start work on
Stories, will essay the role of Shahid’s love interest. Arjun Reddy alongside his co-star
“Arjun Reddy has always been one of my favourite films. There Kiara Advani. Kiara made her
are so many shades to the heroine’s character. I’m very excited debut with the 2014 film Fugly
about it,” Kiara said in a statement. Directed by Sandeep Reddy but got recognition with the 2016
Vanga, who also helmed the original critically-acclaimed Telugu film MS Dhoni: The Untold Story.
blockbuster, the remake will go on floors next month. It was with director Karan Johar’s
“Kiara epitomises the female character in the film to the T. She Lust Stories that Kiara actually got
has the perfect combination of innocence (in terms of looks) and noticed for her work.
maturity (in terms of performance) that’s so important for the

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