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Why Ileana lost Akshay's film

18 April,2012 08:37 AM IST |   |  The Hitlist Team

Okay, so we know that Nargis Fakhri has been confirmed to play Akshay Kumar's heroine in his next film, which he's co-producing with Himesh Reshammiya


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Interestingly, the model who made her debut opposite Ranbir Kapoor wasn't the first choice for the Ashish R Mohan directed film.u00a0

Reportedly, southside actress Ileana Da'Cruz had initially being confirmed for the part. Seems there's more buzz about Ranbir and Priyanka Chopra, her co-stars in her upcoming maiden Hindi release.

So turning apprehensive about how she turns out in her Bollywood debut, the makers of the Akshay-Himesh joint production decided to rope in Nargis instead, considering that her film has released… never mind if her performance has been panned. Chalo, good for them.u00a0

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