Katrina Kaif reccently opted out of Remo D’Sousa’s dance film owing to scheduling conflicts. The yet-to-be-titled film features Varun Dhawan in the lead role. Owing to a tight schedule with Bharat , K_aif could not commit to D’souza and decided to step down. Hence, Shradhha Kapoor has now replaced Kaif and will reunite with Dhawan and D’souza for the second time. As per a press release issued by the makers, Shraddha Kapoor says, “I’m excited to reunite with Remo sir, Prabhudehva sir and Varun after ABCD 2. This was made possible by Bhushan_ji (Kumar) who brought us back and believed in this amazing story. It is going to be a lot of hard work for everyone involved but we are all pumped up.” Varun Dhawan took to his Twitter and confirm that his ABCD 2 co-star Shraddha is now on board. The hashtag #3iscoming, that he has been pushing on Twitter, also hinted the possibility of the third release in ABCD franchise.
❤️❤️❤️👟 welcome home chirkut @ShraddhaKapoor pic.twitter.com/YZFoHbuqhq
— Varun sunny sanskari Dhawan (@Varun_dvn) January 7, 2019
Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh also made the announcement through his social media account on Monday.
IT’S OFFICIAL... Director Remo D'Souza, Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor reunite [after #ABCD2] for a new dance-based film... Filming begins 22 Jan 2019 in Punjab... Major chunk will be shot in UK... Produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar and Lizelle D’Souza.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) January 7, 2019
Bhushan, who is producing the film along with Remo’s wife Lizelle, reveals that the plan is to make India’s biggest dance film in 3D. The film also marks the Bollywood debut of dancers Shakti Mohan and Vartika Jha. Reports suggest the first schedule will be shot in Amritsar and some portions will be shot in London as well as Mumbai.