Sonam Kapoor set to star in movie based on 'Battle for Bittora'

Sonam Kapoor's  Zoya Factor was released across atres in India on September 20, 2019. movie was based on vel of same name, written by Anuja Chauhan. It did t do very well at box office. However, Sonam Kapoor owns film rights for ar book by Anuja Chauhan, Battle for Bittora which is why Sonam Kapoor is reportedly w all set to make and feature in  movie, based on book Battle for Bittora.

Sonam Kapoor's role in movie adaptation

Sonam Kapoor will be playing lead role of Jinni Pande, rmal girl who turns politician. male lead for movie has t yet been decided. It is rumoured that Sonam's costar Dulquer Salmaan was initially going to be selected but failure of  Zoya Factor might mean that he is longer in consideration for role. Rumours also state that Fawad Khan and Rajkummar Rao might be in race for role. However, reports suggest that actor Farhan Akhtar is also apparently being considered for role  

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Battle for Bittora

Battle for Bittora was Anuja Chauhan's second book after Zoya Factor. It is ar romantic tale but with a twist of being set in a political setting of a small town. book tells story of Jinni, an ordinary woman who works for an animation studio. She is satisfied with her life in city of Mumbai but decides to return to her home town of Bittora after constant calls from her grandmor. Once she arrives at her home town, she is flung into politics and ends up competing in a Lok Sabha election. Things get even more complicated when she finds out that her main opposition is her childhood love. vel is a classic rom-com, however, it is political situation that characters find mselves in that makes it stand out from or vels in genre.

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Zoya Factor was directed by Abhishek Sharma and produced by Fox Star Studios and Ad-Labs Films Limited.  movie only made around ₹4.65 crores at box office, making it commercially unsuccessful. movie starred Sonam Kapoor as Zoya and Dulquer Salmaan as Nikhil Khoda, captain of India's cricket team. Critics mostly gave it an aver score.

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