Stree 2 Director Amar Kaushik Reveals Tamannaah Bhatia's Reaction To Her Bald Look In Movie

Amar Kaushik is basking in the success of his recently released film Stree 2. Starring Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor, the movie is creating a wave at the box office even in the fourth week of its release. In a recent interview, the director shared how he got Tamannaah Bhatia on board. Kaishuk revealed that he was hesitant to approach. The actress has performed a special dance number titled Aaj Ki Raat, which is a big hit among the audience.

Why was Stree 2 director Amar Kaushik hesitant to cast Tamannaah Bhatia?

In an interview with the publication, the director revealed that he was hesitant owing to the bald look she had to sport. He said that just like the first film, the sequel also demanded them to have a dance number. However, this time, they thought of giving meaning to it. He wanted artists who could dance well and were a good actress. So when he approached Tamannaah he was a little hesitant to ask her as the character Shama had to sport a bald look in the climax. However, to his surprise, the actress was quite cool about it. She didn't ask any questions and said okay to portraying a bald character.

Stree 2 is unstoppable at the box office

On the fourth Monday, the movie witnessed a dip and minted ₹3.4 crores, taking the grand total to ₹530.65 crore at the box office in India. Stree 2 overseas collected ₹122 in 26 days, taking the worldwide collection to ₹755.25 crore.

Apart from Shraddha and Rajkummar, the movie also stars Aparshakti Khurana, Abhishek Banerjee and Pankaj Tripathi .

The lore behind Aparshakti Khurana's viral song Soft Chitti

In one of the starting scenes, Aparshakti is shown singing Soft Chitti Warm Chitti to put his girlfriend to sleep the moment before she is taken away by Sarkata. The scene garnered major attention just for its lullaby and became one of the hot topics on the internet. While everyone thinks it is inspired by The Big Bang Theory's Soft Kitty, not many know the original source. The makers recreated a famous poem from the 19th century. It is a Polish lullaby titled Wlazł kotek na płotek, which means a kitten on a fence. It was reportedly written by Oskar Kolberg and was composed by Stanislaw Moniuszko.