NEW DELHI: Actor Shahid Kapoor welcomed Arjun Reddy’s lead actress Kiara Advani onboard after Tara Sutaria reported her exit from the Bollywood remake.
Announcing Kiara’s association with the film, Shahid on Tuesday tweeted, “Welcome to the madness Kiara Advani aka Preeti. Team Arjun Reddy is now officially complete. Let’s do this.”
In all excitement to be a part of the film, Kiara reacted to Shahid’s tweet saying, “Thankyou SK, Never been more ready.”
Hindi remake of Arjun Reddy will be Kiara and Shahid’s first film together.
Also, the remake will be directed by Sandeep Vanga, just like the original version.
Arjun Reddy is a remake of the Telugu film of the same name which was released in 2017.
The Telugu film featured Jia Sharma, Shalini, Vijay Deverakonda, Gopinath Bhat and Sanjay Swaroop in pivotal roles. The film performed remarkably well at the box office.
Bollywood remake of Arun Reddy will collaboratively be produced by Murad Khetani, Ashwin Varde, Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar.
The film is scheduled to release on 21 June 2019.