Mudassar Aziz is all set to direct the remake of BR Chopra’s 1978 romcom Pati, Patni Aur Woh, which is being produced by Juno Chopra and Abhay Chopra in collaboration with Bhushan Kumar of T-Series. While Peepingmoon.com reported last week that Kartik Aaryan, who impressed everyone with his act in Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety, had been finalized as the male lead in the film, there hasn’t been much clarity on the female lead yet.
However, Taapsee Pannu, who was reportedly one of the first people to get a narration for the script, slammed the makers after she learnt earlier this week that she has been dropped from the film at the last minute. Now, the producers of the film Bhushan and Juno stated in a joint statement that, "When a script is locked, every director or producer approaches actors for the casting of the film, it is a basic protocol followed by almost all filmmakers. Similarly, for our upcoming project – Pati Patni Aur Woh, we reached out to many actors, who we thought could be our potential protagonists in the film.
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Pati, Patni Aur Woh Poster (L), Taapsee Pannu (R)[/caption]
"The versatile actress Taapsee Pannu was one of the many actresses we had approached for one of the leading ladies in the film. However, we as Producers have never made any commitment to her. We would like to clarify that our casting was purely done on the basis of who suited the characters to the tee. Tapasee is an extremely talented actress and we would love to work with her in future. We will soon make the official announcement for the final cast of Pati Patni Aur Woh", they added.
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(L-R) Juno Chopra, Bhushan Kumar and Abhay Chopra[/caption]
Well now that the producers have cleared the air, we are waiting to see what Taapsee's take is on the entire situation.
