After
Sonam Kapoor Ahuja and Dulquer Salmaan-starrer ‘
The Zoya Factor
’ didn’t do too well at the box office, the actress and her sister
Rhea Kapoor are struggling to find a male lead for their home production ‘
Battle Of Bittora
’, which is primarily the reason why the much-delayed film isn’t going on the floors.
According to reports,
Fawad Khan was to be signed for the film, after he was seen wooing the audiences with his chemistry with Sonam in ‘
Khubsoorat
’ (2014). But the Pakistani actor had an untimely exit from Bollywood amid political tension between the nations. Thereafter, the film was shelved.
Being a female-driven project produced by Sonam, who is reportedly starring in the film, ‘Battle Of Bittora’ poses the risk of side-lining the male lead. Stating the same was a source, who was quoted by a news publication. “The ‘Battle Of Bittora’ is again a heroine-driven project. With Sonam as a producer, most, if not all, leading men would feel they would be side-lined,” said the source.
Earlier, during an interview with Bombay Times, Sonam has voiced her concern about how people perceive female-centric films. “Chick flick is a label in which all the films about women are being put into. We don’t have genres for a film with female leads. There are genres like action, comedy and drama for a film with male leads, but when there are females in the film, it is immediately called a chick flick, overlooking its real genre,” she had said.
Now, only time will tell when this battle to find a co-star would end for the ‘Battle Of Bittora’ to even begin.