Pakistani singer-cum-actor Ali Zafar will play Shahid Kapoor’s older
brother in the much talked-about Hindi remake of last year’s Tamil blockbuster
Vettai reports
Times of India.
Bollywood actor R Madhavan played the older brother in the original film.
Chennai director N Linguswamy, who helms both the Tamil and Hindi remake of
Vettai says, “Madhavan is out of the country for three months. Since we
can’t wait, we have finalised Shahid Kapoor to play the younger brother. We’re
going ahead with Ali Zafar for the other hero’s role.”
Age difference
Interestingly enough, there was a 10-year age gap between screen brothers
Madhavan and Arya in
Vettai. Ali Zafar who will play Shahid’s elder
brother in the remake is hardly a year older than Kapoor. Regarding the
age-difference, a source close to the project informed, “Ali may be just a year
older. But he played Imran Khan’s elder brother in
Mere Brother Ki
Dulhan.”
Zafar, who is now wrapping up another remake
Chashme Baddoor for
David Dhawan will be meeting his screen brother shortly. As for the leading
ladies, Linguswamy burst the Bollywood bubble by saying he has so far not
finalised any female actor.