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Is that Katrina Kaif and Aditya Roy Kapur sharing the screen for the first time in Abhishek Kapoor’s Fitoor? No, In Lakme Lipstick they were together.
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If you thought Abhishek Kapoor’s Fitoor is the first time ever Katrina Kaif and Aditya Roy Kapur are sharing screen space, you’d be wrong. It was some 11 years ago in a certain commercial for a lipstick that the Fitoor co-stars were seen together on screen.
At the trailer launch of Fitoor, Katrina Kaif let people in on this 11-year-old secret. Kaif said, “Let me tell you a little secret. Adi (Aditya Roy Kapur) is actually my senior. About 11 years ago, Adi and I had done an advertising film together where I’m seen putting on some lipstick and there is this boy peeping through the window while going ‘Haaah’. That boy was Adi.”
Katrina went on to say, “But both of us started our careers at the same time. We have done interviews together for a television channel when Adi was a VJ. Actually, we realised and remembered all this when we started shooting for Fitoor.”
Filmmaker Abhishek Kapoor said that the only reason why veteran actress Rekha walked out of his upcoming film Fitoor, is because they perceived things differently.
Rekhaji reportedly walked out of Fitoor due to similarities between her and her role in the film.
However, Abhishek said that the report is not true and people should be cautious before creating such rumours.
“When we started, Rekhaji was doing the film. She is a wonderful, gracious and loving lady. During the course of the film, we saw things differently. We felt that it’s best not to do this film together. We can work on something else in the future. But when reports like this come out, it is not fair to her,” said Abhishek.
“She is a reserved and private person. She is not going to stand up, say things to safeguard her own interest. We should be cautious. It is downright cruel to say anything about her,” added Abhishek.
After Rekhaji left, Tabu was roped in to play the role of Begum and Abhishek was all praise for the versatile actress.
“We are glad that Tabu graciously came on board. This character would have taken months to prepare as it is so layered. We are thankful to Tabu for coming on board in three days and rescue us,” he said.
The 44-year-old filmmaker said that he did not make any alterations in the character after the cast was changed.
“The track was not changed. Rekhaji would have done it in her style and Tabu has played it beautifully in her own style. Tabu is like water. You put her in any container and she takes the shape,” he added.
Fitoor, which also features Katrina Kaif and Aditya Roy Kapur, is scheduled to release on February 12
Fitoor is an upcoming Indian romantic drama film directed by Abhishek Kapoor and produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur and Abhishek Kapoor based on Charles Dickens‘ novel Great Expectations.It stars Tabu, Katrina Kaif and Aditya Roy Kapur in leading roles. Principal photography of the film began in Kashmir in November 2014. The film is scheduled for release on 12 February 2016.
Cast
- Tabu as Begum Hazrat
- Katrina Kaif as Firdaus
- Aditya Roy Kapur as Noor
- Aditi Rao Hydari as young Begum Hazrat
- Rahul Bhat as Bilal
- Akshay Oberoi as Mufti
- Delbar Arya as Shaukat
- Lara Dutta
- Suchitra Pillai
- Andy Von Eich
- Govind Namdev
- Ajay Devgan (cameo)
Production
Development
In October 2013, Disney UTV announced its upcoming production Fitoor, a Bollywood adaptation of Charles Dickens‘ novel Great Expectations to be directed by Abhishek Kapoor with Aditya Roy Kapur and Katrina Kaif signed as the lead pair.Rekha was confirmed to join the cast in January 2014 but later opted out and replaced by Tabu. The film also stars Aditi Rao Hydari, Rahul Bhat, Akshay Oberoi, Lara Dutta, Suchitra Pillai, Andy Von Eich and Delbar Arya in supporting roles.
Filming
Principal photography began in Srinagar, Kashmir in November 2014 and continued at the famous Nishat Bagh on the banks of the Dal Lake in summer capital Srinagar in January 2015. The film was also shot at Humayun’s Tomb in Nizamuddin East, Delhi in March 2015. The remaining portion of the film was shot in Mehboob Studios, Filmistan Studios and Film City, Mumbai from April to September 2015. In September 2015, the cast and crew flew off to Poland to shoot the last leg of the film at the Goetz Palace and Warsaw‘s traditional and contemporary art galleries. On 2 October, the shooting of the project was completed.
