Deepika Padukone to give a miss to ‘Fighter’ trailer launch
Deepika Padukone to give a miss to ‘Fighter’ trailer launch
Indisposed Deepika Padukone to miss Fighter trailer launch amid brewing rumours of tiff with director.
Earlier, Deepika Padukone and Siddharth Anand had collaborated on two films, Bachna Ae Haseeno and Pathaan. Figher is their third project together.
Reports reveal that the actress will not attend the trailer launch event of her upcoming aerial action thriller film Fighter.
As per Internet’s discovery, the actress has unfollowed the film’s director, Siddharth Anand, on Instagram. Hrithik Roshan Deepika Padukone give it their all in intense air battle over Kashmir. Watch)
Taking to Instagram Stories on Deepika wrote, “Will miss Squadron adding three emojis that indicate that the actor might have a fever. She also sent best wishes to team Fighter and wrote, “Good Luck team Fighter and FighterTrailer.
Earlier the team of Fighter unveiled the film’s official trailer on Monday and even as Deepika unfollowed Siddharth, he still follows her on the social media platform.
Earlier, Deepika and Siddharth had collaborated on two films–Bachna Ae Haseeno and Pathaan. Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008) is a romantic comedy film directed by Siddharth. Produced by Yash Raj Films, the film also stars Ranbir Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, and Minissha Lamba.
In Pathaan (2023), Shah Rukh Khan starred opposite Deepika. The film also featured John Abraham, Dimple Kapadia and Ashutosh Rana. The action thriller film was co-written and directed by Siddharth and produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films.
Siddharth Anand directorial also features Hrithik Roshan, Anil Kapoor, Karan Singh Grover and Akshay Oberoi in the lead roles.
The film which hits the theatres on January 25, marks Hrithik and Deepika’s first-ever on-screen collaboration. It has been primarily shot at air bases in India with real Sukhois, Indian fighter planes.
Fighter has been presented by Viacom18 Studios in association with Marflix Pictures. In the film, Hrithik plays Squadron Leader Shamsher Pathania aka Patty, Deepika is Squadron Leader Minal Rathore aka Minni, and Anil stars as Group Captain Rakesh Jai Singh aka Rocky fighting for the country.
So far, three songs from the upcoming film have been unveiled. After the songs, Sher Khul Gaye and Ishq Jaisa Kuch, the makers of Fighter unveiled the pilot theme song Heer Aasmani. Composed by Vishal & Sheykhar, with lyrics penned by Kumaar, and sung by Vishal Dadlani, Sheykhar Ravjiani, and B Praak.
Deepika will also be seen in the sci-fi action thriller film Kalki 2898 AD. The film also features Amitabh Bachchan, Prabhas, Kamal Hassan and Disha Patani. The film expected to release on January 12, will now hit the big screens on May 9.
Meanwhile, last year Kalki 2898 AD made waves following its debut at San Diego Comic-Con.
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