It was lately pronounced that Banita Sandhu would be the
female lead opposite Varun Dhawan in Shoojit Sircar’s next, October. Varun had
himself posted a photo of him with Banita in an all-black avatar. There has
been a lot of buzz around Banita’s debut in Bollywood. She has become the IT
girl of Bollywood after being signed by Shoojit Sircar for her Bollywood
launch.
Banita is from London and is all of 18. She has been acting
since the age of 11 and has already featured in a commercial in India. Shoojit
Sircar noticed her in the commercial and signed her for the movie.
It is also being stated that Banita was to be launched by
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s banner and casting director Mukesh Chhabra was going to
sign her. Mukesh Chhabra has been planning his directorial debut and had
considered casting Banita in his debut, oppsite Vinod Khanna’s son Sakshi
Khanna.
About casting Banita, Shoojit Sircar had revealed a famous tabloid,
“Everybody loved Banita in a chewing gum commercial that I had directed. It had
almost 40 million hits. While I was shooting the ad film, Juhi (Chaturvedi, the
writer) and I were also working on the script (for this film). So, one day, I
clicked a picture of Banita and sent it to Juhi saying, ‘She has the potential
to fit into the character that we are looking at’”. He also said, “We did look
at other actors [for Banita’s part], but then one day, I called her and told
her that I may be casting her in the film and that she should start doing
workshops”.
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