Priyanka Chopra bows out of ‘Jee Le Zaraa’; fans urge Farhan Akhtar to rope in Deepika Padukone

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Priyanka Chopra fans. The ‘Desi Girl’ has reportedly walked out of the much anticipated road-trip film ‘Jee Le Zara’. The Twitter handle of the entertainment portal ‘Moviefied Bollywood’, shared a picture of the OG cast of the movie — Alia Bhatt, Chopra, and Katrina Kaif, and stated that currently Kiara Advani and Anushka Sharma are being approached for PeeCee’s role.

The post went viral, gaining 570K views and just 356 likes.Netizens had a field day in the comment section. While many mourned PeeCee’s exit from the Farhan Akhtar directorial, others requested the producers to rope in Deepika Padukone for the movie. “Get Deepika, Farhan!” wrote a commenter.

Another Twitter user quipped that if Padukone is on board, this will just be the unauthorised sequel to ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’, the 2008 rom-com starring Ranbir Kapoor (as Kapoor dated both Padukone and Kaif and later married Bhatt). “Add Deepika & put a Ranbir Kapoor cameo. No one will know that it's Bachna hai Haseeno part 2,” said another commenter.

Helmed by Akhtar, this road trip movie was supposed to be a spiritual sequel to ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ and ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’. This was one of the most anticipated female-led films owing to its starry cast. It was also touted to be the Bollywood comeback vehicle for Chopra.

As per a Bollywood Hungama report, the unavailability of dates is cited as the reason why Chopra bowed out of the project. She requested Akhtar postpone the shooting schedule to 2024. While he was willing to comply with her request, Bhatt who will be busy with two mega projects — the Sanjay Leela Bhansali movie ‘Baiju Bawra’ and the Nitesh Tiwari film ‘Ramayana’ in 2024, put her foot down.