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Parineeti Chopra is reported to have been approached to play the lead in director Punit Malhotra's next venture, which has Imran Khan in the male lead. But producer Karan Johar says nothing decided yet.

"The article suggesting we have made an offer for the female main lead of our Imran-Punit film is untrue....we are yet to offer it to anyone, " Karan posted on micro-blogging site Twitter.

Malhotra's last flick "I Hate Luv Storys" starred Sonam Kapoor and Imran as the lead pair and he wanted to repeat the same cast for the love story.

It has been reported that Parineeti, who has signed a three-film deal with the Yash Raj Films, had been approached by Karan for the movie.

Director Homi Adajania says Imran Khan was his first choice for romantic comedy "Cocktail", which has Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone and model Diana Penty.

"Saif was not the first choice. Imran was supposed to do it but he was not sure if he wanted to do it at that point of a time," Adajania told.

Being produced by Saif's Illuminati Films, the film will come out July 13.

"As Saif is the producer, he was going through the scripts, he read it and loved it. So, it worked out pretty well and that is how he came on board," he said.

Adajania debuted as a director with dark film "Being Cyrus" and it had Saif in the lead role. Dimple Kapadia and Boman Irani too featured in it.

For "Cocktail" too the director has roped in Dimple-Boman to play prominent roles.

Explaining their presence in the cast, he said: "Dimple and Boman are also there in the film and it is not like they were in 'Being Cyrus' so are part of this film as well. It is not a matter of familiarity but using talented actors who fit the bill."

To prepare for his upcoming role, Khan has sent his designers on a hunt around the city to research on how they really dress

After portraying a Delhi lad in Delhi Belly, Imran Khan is now all set to play a Mumbai ka tapori in his upcoming film, directed by Milan Luthria.

Though the actor is currently travelling abroad, he doesn’t want the distance to come in the way of his preparations for the role. Following the footsteps of his maamujaan Aamir who played a similar role in Rangeela, Imran Khan has been sending his stylists to the innermost corners of Mumbai.

As a result, they have been making the rounds of the underbellies of the city including areas such as Bhendi Bazaar, Mohammad Ali Road, Nagpada, Sakinaka, Dongri, Dharavi, etc to research on how the inhabitant taporis really dress nowadays.

Our sources say that the actor wants to make sure his dressing is authentic and not make-believe, hence all the efforts.

“Imran Khan has taken upon himself to seek perfection and not go with the clichés when it comes to his onscreen persona. Therefore he has sent his designers in the areas where he can find the authentic tapori look, ” the source also adds.

Imran Khan has been pumping iron for his role in an upcoming sequel could be to look right for his part opposite Sonakshi Sinha

Imran Khan has been busy working out hard in the gym for his role in the sequel of Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai.

Word is that it is not to compete with co-star Akshay Kumar in the brawns department; instead it appears that the actor is going all out to make sure he looks absolutely physically compatible opposite his on screen ladylove Sonakshi Sinha.

While Imran has a rather skinny frame, Sonakshi is known for her curvy and slightly broad figure. We overheard the actor telling a friend, “I am getting into bodybuilding, so that I can be seen in the frame with Sonakshi.”

Imran has two months to prepare for his role, as the shooting of the film begins in August.

Sonakshi’s weight issues have been part of dining table conversation ever since her debut with Salman Khan in Dabangg. Also, after working with senior actors like Sallu and Akki, finally Sona is now doing films opposite actors from her own age group.

Kapoor will star in the big screen adaptation of Chetan Bhagat’s novel; film to roll by year-end

Finally, all the speculations around the lead actor in Karan Johar and Sajid Nadiadwala's 2 States can now come to rest. It will be Arjun Kapoor who will be playing the lead role in the film to be directed by debutante Abhishek Verman

A source informs us, “Arjun Kapoor has been signed on to play the lead for the role. The deal happened on Monday night and the film will roll by the end year. The leading lady is yet to be finalised.”

The source further said, “Sajid Nadiadwala has bought the rights of the book from Chetan Bhagat and had initially planed to make the film with SRK, which was to be directed by Vishal Bhardwaj.

However after it fizzled, Ranbir Kapoor stepped in and it was then decided to have a co-production with Karan Johar’s company.

After that Imran Khan stepped in. However, he also had to opt out due to date problems. Now Arjun Kapoor has been finalised for the film and he has signed the dotted lines.”

According to the source, Arjun will play a typical Delhi boy who falls in love with a south Indian girl and the film will be shot in the national capital. Abhishek Verman, son of veteran art director R Verman will be making his directorial debut with the film. Karan Johar and Arjun Kapoor remained unavailable for comment.