Swara Bhaskar plays the role of a feisty singer in Anaarkali Of Aarah (Courtesy: @ReallySwara)
Highlights
- "Sadly the fact is I am not at all a part of Gold," confirms Swara
- "I would love to work with Akshay sir," says Swara
- Swara will next be seen in Anaarkali Of Aarah
New Delhi:
Actress
Swara Bhaskar has dismissed reports suggesting she had been cast
opposite Akshay Kumar in director
Reema Kagti's film Gold - perhaps a little ruefully because it seems that Akshay, 49, was 28-year-old Swara's 'first Bollywood crush.' "That's right! While I'm a fan of Akshay sir and love Reema Kagti's films, but reports that I'm playing his wife in the film
Gold not true," she tweeted. "Nope. Not true. But he was my first Bollywood crush and his was the only poster in my room through my teen years," she wrote in a separate tweet.
Gold will be helmed by Reema Kagti, director of
Talaash, and is a biopic of hockey player Balbir Singh, who was on the team that won Olympic golds in 1948, 1952 and 1956 at the Olympics - the gold of the film title.
Perhaps a more age-appropriate actress will be cast as
Akshay Kumar's wife - we live in hope. Akshay appears with Taapsee Pannu in
Naam Shabana, Bhumi Pednekar in
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, and Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte in
Padman. He was last seen in
Jolly LLB 2.
Swara Bhaskar is currently busy promoting her
upcoming release Anaarkali Of Aarah, also starring Pankaj Mishra.
Anaarkali Of Aarah is the story of a feisty singer from Arrah in Bihar and deals with how the central character handles sexual harassment.
Swara Bhaskar is the star of the
Tanu Weds Manu films,
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo and
Nil Battey Sannata.
Meanwhile, Akshay also has a big release coming up in
2.0, in which he plays the villain opposite superstar Rajinikanth.