Kaabil: Hrithik to romance Yami and not Kareena in Sanjay Gupta's next

Ever since the news of Hrithik Roshan's next came out, speculations were rife that the Bang Bang actor will romance his once-upon-a-time rumoured girlfriend Kareena Kapoor in the film. But the makers have rubbished the rumours and have roped in Yami Gautam for Sanjay Gupta's film.

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The love story will be produced by Rakesh Roshan and is expected to go on floors very soon. Director Sanjay Gupta, who has remained tight-lipped about his project, finally took to Twitter to talk about Kaabil.

GOOD MORNING :-)))
And what a wonderful morning it is. I woke up to our film #KAABIL officially announced by my Producer Rakesh Ji. Sanjay Gupta (@_SanjayGupta) February 8, 2016

Hunger to excell, passion to take your game to the next level, the drive to deliver at all cost is the fuel that drives team #KAABIL. Sanjay Gupta (@_SanjayGupta) February 8, 2016

Yami, who is currently busy promoting her upcoming film Sanam Re, will share the screen space with Hrithik for the first time in Kaabil. A source was quoted as telling BollywoodLife.com, "It's a big solo-heroine project for Yami, who has done films with Ajay Devgn and Varun Dhawan, where she had to share joint credit with another actress. There were speculations that actresses like Parineeti Chopra and Kareena Kapoor had been approached for the role in Kaabil, which director Sanjay Gupta later denied. It's a big feather in Yami's hat to be part of this project. Everyone from Gupta to Hrithik and his father Rakesh felt that Yami suited the role the best."

The filmmaker has further revealed that in addition to the lead actors, the supporting cast of Kaabil is equally exciting.

The supporting cast of #KAABIL is equally exciting. I'm so looking forward to work with my buddies from earlier & new actors that join us. Sanjay Gupta (@_SanjayGupta) February 8, 2016

Hrithik, who is busy wrapping up the shooting of Ashutosh Gowariker's Mohenjo Daro, will soon begin filming Kaabil with Yami. It is said that the film will be shot in a three-month start-to-finish schedule beginning from this month in Hyderabad.