Hansika Motwani

Rawalpindi Express Shoaib Akhtar and Hansika Motwani is coming together for an upcoming Bollywood movie. It has been reliably learnt that the Pakistani cricketer who had earlier been approached to play Shiney Ahuja’s role in Gangster, has started shooting for a Bollywood film, Main Aur Mera Himmat with Aap Ka Surroor girl Hansika who’s also a Tollywood superstar.

Hansika Motwani

The shooting for the film is already underway in a village in Punjab. According to a reliable source, close to the star, Hansika is “playing the role of an innocent village belle” and will for the first time be seen as a typical Punjabi kudi, far removed from her usual trendy, youthful roles. The film is a story of a Pakistani cricketer who arrives in India on a tour and ends up falling in love with an Indian girl. As to what happens to their love story, forms the crux of the film.

Hansika happens to be an avid cricket-buff herself and “keeps tracking Indian matches,” reveals, the source, adding that, “the producers took nearly six months to convince the pretty lass to do their plum project. She finally relented because she felt it would have a better connect with the audience than a typical Bollywood entertainer. Reportedly, Hansika has been paid Rs 2 crore for the film. The cute romance is being directed by Sanghamitra Chaudhry and is slated for release some time next year.

The 18-year-old who’s busy shooting “two Telugu films with Kalyan Ram and Nitin” and is in the process of finalising another Bollywood film being produced by a leading film production company however refused to comment on the Shoaib Akhtar film with a diplomatic, “No comments” stance.