Nargis Fakhri Bags Imtiaz Ali’s Next

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MUMBAI, INDIA (GaeaTimes.com)- After extracting wonderful performances from actresses Kareena Kapoor and Deepika Padukone, Imtiaz Ali is all set to start work on his new film. This time too the director has taken care to choose his leading lady. Imtiaz Ali has rounded up on Nargis Fakhri, the half Pakistani - half Czech model to act opposite Ranbir Kapoor in his next venture.

This is the second time that Imtiaz Ali has introduced a foreign face in Indian cinema. Earlier it was the Brazilian model Giselle Monteiro in “Love Aaj Kal”. This however is not the first time that Nargis Fakhri is working for an Indian project. The 21 year old model is known for her recent work in a swimsuit calendar. According to reports, Imtiaz Ali has been auditioning several girls to play the leading lady of Ranbir Kapoor in his next film for a long tome now. Nargis Fakhri too had to go through a number of screen tests before securing the offer which many other actresses would love to get.

Imtiaz Ali says that the leading lady in his upcoming film is an Anglo-Indian. Therefore Nargis Fakhri’s face perfectly fitted the bill. Her looks perfectly blend with that of the character. Hence it is now official. Nargis Fakhri is the heroine of Imtiaz Ali’s next which has tentatively been titled “Rockstar”, with Ranbir Kapoor playing the role of the rockstar and the model playing his dancer girlfriend in the film.

The 21 year old Nargis Fakhri has supposedly spent her entire childhood in the United States, but even then she religiously followed Bollywood films. Now that she is to become a part of the industry, the audience will get to see a lot more of her.