Deepika Padukone, Ananya Panday, and Siddhant Chaturvedi all took to social media in August this year to share behind-the-scenes photos and wrap up announcements for Shakun Batra’s untitled effort, in which they all star. While the film’s cast and the media have been pleading with director Shakun Batra to reveal the film’s title, we’ve learned that the producers are now looking for a direct-to-OTT release. The intriguing reason why the producers of the untitled film approached streaming giants to release the film.
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“In Shakun’s film, Deepika plays a fitness trainer and shares screen space with both Siddhant Chaturvedi and Ananya Panday. Now, the film is based on an extramarital affair that complicates the relationship between Deepika and Ananya’s characters who are sisters. Apparently, the film contains a rather high amount of intimate scenes that will not go down too well with the censor board. And editing out the scenes will greatly impact the film overall”, claims a well-placed source while talking to Bollywood Hungama.
Surprisingly, Deepika gets cast alongside Siddhant in the film, but she has an affair with Dhairya Karwa, who plays Ananya Panday’s love interest. As per the source, “The OTT domain currently has more relaxed rules when it comes to on-screen intimacy, which pushed the makers to opt for a direct to OTT release over a conventional theatrical release.”
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The film is set to be released in 2022 and is produced by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions.
