Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar is all set to make her Bollywood debut with Yash Raj Films’ Prithviraj. The movie stars Akshay Kumar as the male lead and today, the team began the journey of the film with a puja.
Akshay took to Instagram to share a video of the puja. He posted, “Here's to auspicious beginnings ? Stepping into the world of #Prithviraj. In theatres #Diwali2020! Need your love and best wishes as always. @manushi_chhillar #DrChandraprakashDwivedi @yrf.”
In the video, we can see Akshay, Manushi, Rani Mukerji and director Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi. While Rani is not a part of the cast, she was there as she is the wife of YRF’s head honcho, Aditya Chopra.
Manushi will be seen playing the role of Sanyogita in the movie. While talking about casting her in the film, Dwivedi said, “We auditioned a lot of young, fresh faces for the role because we were looking for a stunningly gorgeous Indian heroine. While Sanyogita was an incredibly beautiful person, she was also a strong, confident girl. We were looking to find someone who could match the magnetic persona of Sanyogita and we found that in Manushi. She auditioned for the role a couple of times because we wanted to be dead sure with this casting and she nailed it each time. She has been rehearsing six days a week since then and she is being thoroughly groomed for the last 9 months by YRF.”
While talking about her Bollywood debut, Manushi said, “It is a huge honour to have been chosen by a production house like Yash Raj Films as their heroine! I’m thoroughly happy and thrilled about the learnings that I will have through this journey. My life, so far, has really been a fairy tale. From becoming Miss India and then Miss World to now getting such a big project as my debut film, it’s like a new, exciting chapter of my life. It is a huge responsibility to play princess Sanyogita. She was a powerful personality and she stood up for what is right and took the most important decisions of her life by herself. Her life is an extremely important chapter in Indian history and I will try my best to play her as accurately as possible.”
Prithviraj is slated to release on Diwali next year.
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