Published 10:45 IST, November 22nd 2020
Tamannah Bhatia replaced Shruti Haasan in 'Oopiri'; Read trivia
Tamannaah Bhatia, who played Keerthi in the Tamil-Telugu film, 'Oopiri' had replaced Shruti Haasan for the role of Keerthi. Read on to know more trivia
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Oopiri, a Tamil-Telugu film released in 2016, was a major hit. It was a remake of French film, Intouchables. Indian adaptation was going to be made in Hindi and or regional langus, but was later dropped. South Indian remake starred superstar, Akkineni Nagarjuna, and Karthi in lead roles, and female lead was initially bagged by Shruti Hassan but later, as audience kws, was played by Tamannah Bhatia. Read more about interesting facts about film here.
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Tamannaah Bhatia replaced Shruti Haasan in 'Oopiri'
Shruti Hassan and Tamannah Bhatia are both predominantly seen in a number of South Indian films. two actors are very close friends and ir friendship has often made headlines as well. In 2015, in film Oopiri, role portrayed by Tamannahh Bhatia was initially offered to Shruti Hassan but because of scheduling issues and or projects on her plate, Shruti had to walk out of film, according to IMDb trivia. role was n given to Tamannaah Bhatia as she was fluent in both langus. Previously released Tamannaah Bhatia's films with actor Karthi, Paiyya and Siruthai were hits and this would be third project in which two featured toger.
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According to Deccan Chronicles, Shruti Hassan was filming for her role in movie Yaara at time along with 3 or projects. Yaara is a Hindi crime drama film and after 5 years of production process, film released in year 2020. film starred Vidyut Jammwal, Amit Sadh, Vijay Varma, Sanjay Mishra, and Shruti Hassan.
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Oopiri was produced by PVP, Prasad V. Potluri. story of film revolved around a multimillionaire entrepreneur named Vikramaditya, played by Nagarjuna. He is quadriplegic and needs to hire a caretaker. An unemployed youngster out on parole finds himself applying for job and two find a new bond of friendship along way. role of Seenu, caretaker, is played by Karthi and amazing duo shares wonderful chemistry on screen. Keerthi is female protagonist of film, played by Tamannaah Bhatia. She is Vikram’s secretary in film and three characters and ir chemistry were widely appreciated by fans and critics.
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10:45 IST, November 22nd 2020