New Delhi:
After much speculation the cat is finally out! Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar will make her much awaited Bollywood debut with non one other than Akshay Kumar for a period drama.
Manushi's claim to fame came when she won the Miss India beauty pagent and then went on to win Miss World title in 2017 after a haitus of 17 years. She soon become a darling of the silver screen and was seen in TV commercials sharing screen space with A-listers like RanveerSingh, Kareena Kapoor for a fashion and lifestyle e-commerce portal and jewellry brand respectively.
The diva, however, has stayed tight lipped about her Bollywood ambition but expressed choice of working in thriller movies.
Although there's no official confirmation on this as yet but word is that Manushi has already started prepping up for the role of Sanyukta, one of the three wives of Prithviraj Chauhan in his biopic movie.
"Everything is being kept hush-hush for now and the announcement will be made at the right time. Presently, Manushi is undergoing all the necessary training for her debut", revealed a source as quoted by DNA.
In addition to this, Pinkvilla too has quoted another source confirming, "Manushi will be making her big Bollywood debut opposite none other than Akshay Kumar. She has been signed on for the Prithviraj Chauhan biopic that is expected to go on floors sometime towards the later half of this year. Chandraprakash Dwivedi is directing the historical drama and YRF is producing it. Manushi has shown a lot of promise from the time she became a national craze. She is not only pretty but a great performer, too. She will be essaying Sanyukta's role and will be romantically paired opposite Akshay. Aditya Chopra feels she has a good screen presence and has also got her on board as one of the talents under his banner."
Interestingly, the leggy lass was also offered the Hindi remake of the Telugu hit RX100 opposite Suniel Shetty’s son Ahan, which is the latter’s launch pad. “However, Manushi felt that venturing into Bollywood with another newcomer would be too much of a pressure. She felt making her debut opposite an established star would be a better bet,” said a source in interaction with DNA.
The last time Akshay was asked to comment on the development, he had said, "The talks are on."
