Parineeti Chopra pens wishes for Emily Blunt, says 'You gave me inspiration'

Actress Parineeti Chopra, who will be seen stepping into shoes of Hollywood actress Emily Blunt in upcoming film Girl on Train, took to Twitter and penned birthday wishes for International star. She shared pictures while drawing comparisons between her character Meera Chopra and Rachel Watson as played by Emily Blunt in Hollywood adaptation of Paul Hawkin’s famous vel of same name.

Parineeti Chopra wishes Emily Blunt on birthday 

In post, Parineeti wished actress and credited her for shelling major inspiration that gave her motivation to try her hands into a different role that she has never portrayed on big screen. She captioned post and wrote, “Happy bday #EmilyBlunt! You gave me inspiration (and many sleepless nights) to do something I never had guts to do before. Thank you for being voice in my head when I was shooting. I hope I have done even 10 per cent of what you did in #GirlOnTrain. Big shoes to fill.” 

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Earlier, director Ribhu Dasgupta in his conversation with Mid-Day explained that casting Parineei as protagonist in film proved to be a curveball. Ribhu shares that he believes that roping her on board was an incentive for him. views of director came after filmmaker received comments about actress being considered cast out of type in film.  Girl on Train is a remake of a Hollywood film and is based on a book with same name by a British author. film is directed by Ribhu Dasgupta and principal photography took place in London. film is made under banner of Reliance Entertainment and distributed by Netflix. Apart from Ladies Vs Ricky Behl, film will also star Kirti Kulhari and Avinash Tiwari in key roles.

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