While Shahid refused to confirm the news, a well-placed source reveals that Motwane, who has been struggling to put his new film together for three years now, is keen to have Shahid in his film.
And the reason he's decided to get Mrs Kapoor on board is to keep Shahid from pulling out of the project like he did with Raj Nidimoru and Krishan DK's Farzi.
“It doesn't matter if she can't act when Motwane has got Shahid on board after struggling for three years.
“Shahid has agreed to do the film primarily because he is very close to co-producer Madhu Mantena and Motwane wants to make sure he doesn’t change his mind,” the source adds.
Mira Rajput, we hear, is reluctant to take up the offer but Motwane is apparently working on it.
Here's hoping Motwane gets his dream team!
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