Fawad Khan to star opposite Kareena Kapoor in 'Udta Punjab': report

Khan has reportedly replaced Ayushmann Khurrana in Abhishek Chaubey’s film

Rumour has it that actor Fawad Khan has replaced Ayushmann Khurrana in Abhishek Chaubey’s Udta Punjab. The actor will be romancing Kareena Kapoor in the movie, The Indian Express reported on Thursday.

Kareena is said to be the reason for Ayushmann’s ouster as she did not want to be paired opposite a lesser-known actor. Ayushmann was later quoted telling a news agency that he is "immune to rejections".

Other replacements

Earlier, actor Akshay Kumar was also ousted by actors Abhiskek Bachan and John Abraham in Hera Pheri 3 as Kumar had asked for a Rs500 million remuneration from the film-makers for the third edition of the Hera Pheri franchise.

Further, in the movie Chalte Chalte, actress Rani Mukerji replaced Aishwaryia Ria, which lead the foundation of the "Khan" war. It so happened that in this Shah Rukh Khan production, Aishwarya had shot for almost half the movie, when her then beau Salman Khan showed up drunk on the sets and reportedly caused a ruckus.

SRK was not impressed and dropped Aishwarya as a result.

In the film Heroine, Kareena replaced Aishwarya overnight due to the former's pregnancy.

In the movie Kya Kool Hain Hum actor Ritesh Deshmukh was replaced by Aftab Shivadasani.