Parineeti Chopra chooses not to play the lead in Karan Johar’s project by Remo D’Souza

Actress Parineeti Chopra made her mark in B-town a few years ago with a fantastic debut and she’s known to be extremely picky about her roles. Recently, choreographer-director Remo D’Souza decided to cast the pretty youngster alongside Karan Johar’s student, Siddharth Malhotra. Scheduled to go on floors July-August, the film is now left without a female lead as Parineeti decided to opt out.

Instead, the actress will star in Hasee Toh Phasee alongside Siddharth Malhotra. The film will be a romantic comedy and will be jointly produced by Karan Johar and Anurag Kashyap. Incidentally, Remo’s film too is a Karan Johar production. Quoting Parineeti Chopra, As I wasn’t signing anything new people seemed to think I’m not getting work. I want to make it clear that I am doing enough work. People don’t seem to realize I am just a year old in the movies. My debut film 'Ladies Vs Rickie Bahl' was released in December 2011. I have had two releases already. And I’ve two major endorsement deals in my bag.”

Placing quality over the number of films she stars in, Parineeti also went on to add, “I think it’s wrong for people to think I am doing too little work. I can’t be doing five releases at the same time. I’ve signed three new films. That makes me one of the busier actors this year. Trust me, I had lots of offers."
Karan Johar’s Hasee Toh Phasee will be directed by Vinil Mathew. The film to be directed by Remo will be an action-adventure movie with lots of Hollywood-style sequences.

Siddharth Malhotra to make his second big-screen appearance with Hasee Toh Phasee

Siddharth Malhotra tasted success with his Bollywood debut, Student of the Year. A Karan Johar campus romance, this film also starred Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt, both of who were debutants. In the film, Siddharth played Abhimanyu Singh, an ambitious middle-class boy who enrolls at a dream-like educational institution. At the school, he crosses paths with Shanaya Singhania (played by Alia Bhatt) and her boyfriend Rohan Nanda (Varun Dhawan). Due to circumstances, Abhi befriends Rohan. Their friendship is pushed off the edge however when Abhi falls for Shanaya and her boyfriend Rohan learns about the same. The film released on the 19th of October, 2012, and was proclaimed a blockbuster.

After his debut success, Siddharth will soon be seen in his second film, Hasee Toh Phasee. A joint production by Karan Johar and Anurag Kashyap, the film will see him star opposite Parineeti Chopra. “Everything is different about this film - its genre, the people I am working with, the actress, the world I'll be living in, etc. The first film chooses you but today I am proud that I chose my second film. It's a love story of a different kind. I won't romance the same way, I can tell you that (laughs). We start shooting end of April,” said Siddharth, speaking about the film.

The film will be directed by Vinil Mathew, and is Karan Johar’s first production with Anurag Kashyap. “He is a cool guy. I've met him a couple of times and interestingly, Karan told me all about the adverts he had shot so far,” said Siddharth, speaking about Anurag. “Hasee Toh Phasee was an interesting read. I guess now the actual struggle begins! And look at this, the title of such kind after my first film,” added Siddharth.