Yes, you heard it right! According to celebrity blogger Miss Malini, after going back and forth with choices for his leading lady, Sanjay Leela Bhansali has finalised Kareena Kapoor. After Bebo opted out of the project couple of weeks ago, he went to Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone and auditioned them for the role. But since SLB is a major perfectionist, he wasn't entirely happy with the result. He apparently spent sleepless nights worrying about the future of this project if he didn’t find the right leading lady for his modern day adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. A few days ago he reached out to Kareena again, apologising for his earlier behavior and checking if she was still willing to do the film. Touched by his gesture, Bebo finally agreed and is now confirmed for Ram Leela.
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is this really finalized? we want deepika in this and deepika only..
i love u kareena
SOME PEOPLE JUST CAN'T THINK, LOL, HOW CAN U COMPARE SOME 1 WHO JUST GAVE BIRTH N SOME 1 WHO IS ACTIVE, BUT JUST THAT SHE IS OLD 4 HER AGE N 2 TOP IT, 7 YRS GAP, UPON ALL THAT, AISH LOOKS FAR BETTER THAN KAREENA WITH HER CHEEK IMPLANT FLOATING. bwood. I THINK U HAVE PROBLEM WITH MATHEMATICS AT SCHOOL. LUNATIC
I really hope deepika will bag this role
Ruchi, this topic is about the casting of Ram Leela, and to my knowledge Aishwarya was not a part of the project. Posting pics of Aishwarya here and comparing her post-childbirth pics to Kareena is irrelevant. If Aishwarya was trying out for the role some months back when these pics were snapped then the pics would be relevant. SLB himself has compared Ram Leela to HDDCS, but the post-childbirth pics posted by "bwood" as well as the silly comment about her being 50+ years old is absurd. "bwood" would not want to compare pics of today's Kareena with Aishwarya's Nandini, for obvious reasons. Anyway like I said I would prefer Deepika for the role but we will just have to wait and see! What does SLB have to say about all of this?
Kitty, bwood was just responding to another comment by a blind ash fan. Obviously u casually glossed over what that comment was.
Preach Kitty Preach! But be careful as pv moderators might delete your comments like they deleted mine.
Oh gee I really hope this is just a rumour because DP would have suited the role much better IMO!
@ "bwood" OH PLEASE right back at ya... I know you're obsessed with Aishwarya and all, but media reported that the role went to Kareena and Deepika, NOT Aishwarya. By your skewed calculations, Aishwarya would be 50 years old. How come no one who knows Aishwarya and went to school with her, grew up with her, etc, has revealed that she is 50 years old? How come her OLDER brother does not look anywhere over 50 years old? And how come you're putting up photoshopped pics of Kareena released from a film shoot next to a post-childbirth pic of a woman who never even signed the film? How is that relevant to the topic? Just because you are obsessed with Aishwarya doesn't make every topic about her... you even created this "special" ID dedicated to spewing nonsense about her (because as we all know, anons can't include photos in their posts). Just goes to show her power over you!
Anyway, according to Kareena's logic and Kareena's math, Deepika is one generation younger than Kareena. So yes Deepika is the better choice in every way!
How am I deciding the age of his character for him? Who am I? Do I work for SLB? Am I in bollywood?I am merely stating my opinion just like you stated your own. LEARN TO ACCEPT THE OPINIONS OF THOSE THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM YOURS.
@Voiceswriter... This is HIS Juliet ..HIS Leela..how can you decide the age of his character for him? This is laughable... and why r u giving hollywood examples? He is not calling the movie Romeo-Juliet, he is calling it Ram-Leela!
Like I've said before, guts hai toh account bana key comment Karo. COWARDS!!!
In Hollywood, no actress who has passed the age of 25 would be considered for the role of Juliet unless she has the ability to look like a teenager. Kate Winslet auditioned for the Claire Danes role in the 1996 film 'Romeo + Juliet' and was turned down for being too old for the part. She was 20-years-old at the time.
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Christina Ricci were also considered for Juliet. Gellar's commitment to All My Children interfered, and Hewitt was considered too youthful-looking. Natalie Portman was also considered and even flew to director Baz Luhrmann's hometown, Sydney, to film scenes with Leonardo DiCaprio, when 20th Century Fox couldn't quite visualize the director's off-the-wall concept. Luhrmann says, "Although she's a fantastic young actor, she's a tiny little girl and Leonardo's six feet tall. He's 21, but can look 18. She made him look all of 21, and it just became obscene." Portman's version is this: "They said it looked like Leonardo was molesting me when we kissed. It was really disappointing, but I wouldn't have wanted to be in the movie and have it look wrong. If I was in the film, I would have wanted it to be perfect."
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[quote]Oh please aish was already 35 years when she start her bollywood career after doing modeling in 80's. [/quote]
Wow. You clearly know what you're talking about.
Mon, 2012-08-06 05:04 — Anonymous
this is so lame... bebo doesnt even look the part of a juliet.. she's too old.. he needed a young fresh face like aishwarya in hum dil de chuke sanam.... if anything..i think anushka sharma would have played the role of juliet better! or some one new altogether! so disappointed!!!
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Oh please aish was already 35 years when she start her bollywood career after doing modeling in 80's. Kareena looks very youthful and fresh with flawless complexion and line free neck.
kareena can easily pass for aish's teenage daughter.
I second this...
Mon, 2012-08-06 05:04 — Anonymous
this is so lame... bebo doesnt even look the part of a juliet.. she's too old.. he needed a young fresh face like aishwarya in hum dil de chuke sanam.... if anything..i think anushka sharma would have played the role of juliet better! or some one new altogether! so disappointed!!!
kareena may be petite and fair skinned but she looks really aged now. If she looked like she did during her "Refugee" days, then she would be a perfect match for Juliette.
Why can't these directors get fresh, new, YOUNG lady rather than always casting the same 3-4 women in every film? it gets so boring.
Oh Great!! She'll be perfect as Juliet's mother!!
auditioning usually means going thru a "look test". All actors have to go through look tests. Whether they are A-listers or C-listers!
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Even A listers do auditions. That's the right way to cast for a film. That's the way they do it in Hollywood for all the films. The so called A-lister is a joke if she can't emote her lines like some of our actresses.
this is so lame... bebo doesnt even look the part of a juliet.. she's too old.. he needed a young fresh face like aishwarya in hum dil de chuke sanam.... if anything..i think anushka sharma would have played the role of juliet better! or some one new altogether! so disappointed!!!
Shazahn Padamsee is teenage looking like Shradha Kapoor.
uliet is supposed to have this innocence in her looks which neither Deepika nor PC have. Kareena is the perfect candidate or Anushka Sharma. I can't think of anyone else who else who has that innocence and is a good actress too.
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EIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII, DID I HEAR KAREENA HAS INNOCENT IN HER LOOK?
good for her she will make a good juliet and ranveer a good romeo
PC and Deepika Auditioned?? what a joke!! they are A listers
we want Deepika!! get rid of kareena SLB
Deepika was also a good choice, I was excited to see her in a different role.
But its completely fair for SLB as well to choose Kareena, bcoz she is a versatile actress and can fit into any role these days! Cant deny the fact she does act btr than Deepika, & for such a "good" & "huge" project, it was not SLB's time to take risk with Deepika!
Though, I think Deepika's face suited Ram-Leela more... she has tht classical face, which we saw in OSO!
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sigh!! big time
I know..i too longed to see that desi avatar of DP from OSO.. I was so excited to see Dp in this role n with ranveer.. don't want to see this aunty kareena in this...
killed my interest ..!!
everybody take chil pill
ram leela starring ranveer and deepika go on floor from 12 august.
Good if it is true!
Sun, 2012-08-05 03:18 — Anonymous
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Juliet is supposed to have this innocence in her looks which neither Deepika nor PC have. Kareena is the perfect candidate or Anushka Sharma. I can't think of anyone else who else who has that innocence and is a good actress too.
--------------------yes pc, dp both r serial dater everyone knows that.
Sun, 2012-08-05 14:59 — bwood
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hat about Shraddha Kapoor, she's fair, petite built but has good height, and most imortant she looks young.
The others look so old to be playing a young lover
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but can she act? Kareena is the complete package, beautiful, glamours, naturally fair with light eyes and exceptionally talented and also have enough power to pull to pull the crowd on her name
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What you are forgetting is that.. Shraddha kapoor is UGLY..