Deepika Padukone and Irrfan Khan are soon going to collaborate with Vishal Bhardwaj for a mafia drama. Since the film has been announced, there have been a lot of news regarding the film’s plot. The Haider director every time came out to clarify the baseless rumors regarding the movie. Now, once again Bhardwaj himself took social media to reveal the real reason of why the film is delayed and what is it about. The Piku co-stars are down with ill health and are advised complete bed rest, hence the postponement. However, what confused us in this post, are the last two names Ustara and Afshan.

The music composer-filmmaker wrote on Facebook, “I am pushing back the film by a few months as both of my lead actors are down with different health problems. Irrfan is down with jaundice and it will take him a few weeks to recover and Deepika Padukone's back problem which had previously developed during the shooting of Padmaavat has now resurfaced. Her role in the film is very physically demanding and the doctor has advised her not to do any strenuous work for a couple of months.

In the past few weeks, I felt like I was back in the days of Maqbool while prepping with them. Deepika and Irrfan’s look tests have come out exceptionally well, nothing like you’ve seen before, and it took me a moment to recognize them when I saw the test photographs.

I want both of them to be strong and fit before we start the film. I would also like to clear that the film is still untitled and is not based on Rahima Khan/Sapna Didi’s life. Yes, it’s a takeoff from the story Femme Fatale from Hussain Zaidi’s book Mafia Queens of Mumbai but as we worked on this idea, the story and screenplay have taken on a new identity and shape which is nowhere close to the above-mentioned names. Hence, it’s definitely not a biopic. Sending pyaar and duaaen to my Ustara and Afshan. #PrernaaArora KriArj Entertainment.”

Did you notice how the Omkara director sent well- wishes two people named Ustara and Afshan? If we were told to guess, we would love to assume that these are the names of the characters of Irrfan and Deepika in the movie. Well, your guess is as better as ours! Now that the 52- year- old filmmaker has praised DP and Irrfan already, we can’t wait to see the test looks already!

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