Bollywood Zone : Blog, Movies, Celebs

Teenage sensation Jiah Khan, who captured the imagination of the nation with a bold performance courting Amitabh Bachchan in her debut flick Nishabd, could soon be making her presence felt in Tollywood. The buzz is that the sultry bombshell may act in a film, which is being produced by Ashwini Dutt and is tentatively titled Kanthri. Another ravishing beauty, Hannsikaa Motwani has already been roped in for the movie. If all goes as per the plans, she would also be acting in another southern flick. Recently, Malaika Arora Khan had agreed to star in an item number in Athidhi. Well, Tollywood seems to have the best of both worlds!

Jiah Khan almost bagged Boney Kapoor’s remake of south Indian hit Pokiri, along with a role opposite Salman Khan, until she blew it up with one wrong comment. Rubbing Salman up the wrong way comes with a price and Jiah knows that now.

The film will be directed by Prabhu Deva. Says a source close to the production team, “Jiah was almost signed for the role opposite Salman. But her recent statement in a newspaper really irritated Salman. Boney also was unhappy with the comment she made about Salman and his girlfriend, Katrina.”

So, what was the offending remark? Jiah Khan was questioned about being recommended for the film, to which she replied, “That’ll be really cool if it were to happen but his girlfriend would be really pissed off. I don’t know Salman at all.” This obviously did not go down well with the couple. When contacted Suresh Kurpad, CEO of Boney Kapoor’s production company, said, “Yes, were in talks with Jiah for the project but we are in talks with Ayesha Takia now.

Signing an Aamir Khan film is definitely a boon for any actress. And when news spread that the producer of Aamir’s next film was on the lookout for two actresses to be cast opposite the Khan, every actress worth her mascara tried her luck. Initially, Ayesha Takia was supposed to do one of the lead roles, but she later backed out of the film for reasons unknown. Then there was news that Kangana Ranaut had signed the film, however, when the actress went to town proclaiming her good fortune, Aamir reportedly was quite miffed with her and decided to drop the idea of casting her. Priyanka Chopra was then said to be next in line for the same role, and the actress, reports claimed, was very keen to sign the film. Unfortunately, that was not to be. South Indian actress Asin was signed on, much to everyone’s surprise. And now the latest is that Jiah Khan has also been roped in. Our source confirmed, “Yes, Jiah Khan has been signed on as one of the leading ladies along with Asin. In the storyline, one actress plays a part in the past and the other actress plays a part in the future. While Asin has been roped in to play the first part, Jiah has been cast in the latter role.” For Jiah, this is yet another feather in her cap. After debuting in the Amitabh Bachchan starrer Nishabd, the actress seems to be bagging films only with the best. Though Jiah herself was unavailable for comment, we must say, she is one lucky girl!

Her proximity to Amitabh Bachchan seems to have made a perfectionist of newcomer Jiah Khan. The actor, we are told, has just signed a film which requires her to completely change her look and physique. In fact, she’s taking her new role so seriously that she’ll soon be off to London to undergo vigorous exercise which will have her completely look. If this is the young lady’s ‘passion’ for work in her initial films, her producers certainly have a winner on their hands!