Parineeti Chopra starring opposite Punjabi hearthrob Diljit Dosanjh — now that is a Bollywood jodi we can totally dig. The buzz suggests that this pairing will headline a remake of 80s comedy caper, Chameli ki Shaadi.
Parineeti will sink her teeth into the role which was originally played by Amrita Singh while Diljit will play Anil Kapoor’s role. While nothing has been confirmed, entertainment website Spotboye reported that Phantom has already bought the rights of the remake and Rohit Jugraj will be directing the film.
For those who’ve come in late, the Chameli Ki Shaadi remake was the first decision that the four talented filmmakers at Phantom– Vikramaditya Motwane, Vikas Bahl, Madhu Mantena and Anurag Kashyap- took, after their ambitious venture Shaandar crashed. The project will be a co-production with Deepak Mukut, who prefers to be a partner in the remake of films whose negatives belong to him. Shah Rukh Khan wanted to buy the rights of Chameli Ki Shaadi from Mukut — but by then, Mukut had already struck a deal with Phantom’s money-handler Mantena (who produced Ghajini).
