It will be a cinematic war of sorts between Deepika Padukone and Katrina Kaif in the days to come. While the leggy beauty continues to bag some really meaty roles in an interesting range of movies, the quintessential Chikni Chameli Katrina too has promising releases to look forward too. Here’s a detailed report card presenting how their forthcoming movies are lined up. Take a look at it and tell us who will rule the silver screen and your hearts! After dominating 2013 with big releases like Race, Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and Chennai Express the model-turned-actor has shown her caliber both as a star and as an actor. But will Katrina who featured in massive box office success Dhoom: 3 last, give Deepika a tough competition?
Finding Fanny: Based on a road trip set in Goa Homi Adajania’s directorial venture follows the journey of five interesting characters. Predominantly English with a smattering of Konkani Finding Fanny will star Arjun Kapoor opposite Deepika. Presented by Fox, this movie expected to release September 12 this year.
Happy New Year: Slated to release in Diwali 2014 ( October 24, to be more precise) this star-studded movie featuring Shahrukh Khan in the lead is expected to set the cash register ringing. It also starsAbhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani, Sonu Sood and Vivaan Shah with the leggy lass Dippy who is seen shining prominently on the poster!
Piku: After getting critical acclaim for Vicky Donor and Madras Café, director Shoojit Sircar is excited about his next Piku starring Amitabh Bachchan, Irrfan Khan, Deepika Padukone and Bengali actor Jisshu Sengupta who featured in Anurag Basu’s Barfi ( Illeana D’cruz’s husband).
Tamasha: Titled Window Seat initially this Imtiaz Ali venture we hear is in the pre-production stage and filming is expected to start in June-July this year. Will Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika jodi re-create the magic of Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani? We have to wait and watch!
Bang Bang: Director Sidharth Anand will bring together Katrina Kaif and Hrithik Roshan for his upcoming movie Bang Bang. Touted to be an action thriller this film will hit the screens on October 2, 2014. Bang Bang is generating a lot of buzz over the lead pair’s hot chemistry and now all eyes are glued to this one to know if Hrithik and Kat can reprise the roles of Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, in Knight And Day, respectively.
Jagga Jasoos: Kat is enjoying the warm and friendly company of Ranbir Kapoor in Cape Town where the two are shooting for Anurag Basu’s next Jagga Jasoos. Said to be a detective comedy this on is actually a musical with over 25 songs in it! . The movie, which is being touted as a laugh riot, will also feature Govinda as Ranbir’s father. Jagga Jassos will release in May 2015!
Phantom: Kabir Khan’s next has an interesting backdrop of 26/11 Mumbai attacks and global terrorism. Katrina Kaif will star opposite Saif Ali Khan who will portray a spy-thriller yet again after playing a secret agent in Agent Vinod. This will be Katrina’s third film with Kabir after New York and Ek Tha Tiger. She is reportedly playing a photojournalist in the film
Fitoor: Kai Po Che famed director Abhishek Kapoor’s next Fitoor will feature Aditya Roy Kapur and Katrina Kaif for the first time together and it also has Rekha playing a pivotal role.This movie is expected to have a 2015 release