Ileana D'Cruz reportedly in talks to play female lead in Luv Ranjan's next, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Ajay Devgn

Luv Ranjan, whose films, the Pyar Ka Punchnama franchise and  _Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety_ , have in the past emerged as box office successes, will reportedly make his next film with Ileana D’Cruz as the female lead. [caption id=“attachment_4198263” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Ileana D’Cruz. Facebook[/caption] DNA reports that the makers of the film have zeroed in on Cruz since, according to them, the actress can dabble in both comedy scenes and the emotional ones. Apart from Cruz, the film will be feature  Ajay Devgn and Ranbir Kapoor , the report said. Ileana has previously worked with both Ajay and Ranbir, in _Baadshaho_ and _Raid_ with the former, and in Barfi! with the latter. The actress, however, is yet to sign on the dotted line, after a narration session, the report said. She has, for now, been given a brief about the role. Names of certain actress have been circulating for a while, including that of Nushrat Bharucha and Alia Bhatt. While Nushrat, as per a statement, has already confirmed as not being a part of the film, Alia is currently busy with _Brahmastra_ and _Kalank_ , after which she will be work on Karan Johar’s magnum opus _Takht_ . However, when the publication contacted the makers of Ranjan’s next, they denied having approached Ileana for the role.