So what if she had to exit from Salman Khan's Bharat for mysterious reasons (don't say marriage; that's an excuse, not the reason). So what if her big Hollywood film with Chris Pratt, Cowboy Ninja Viking, got postponed indefinitely? Priyanka Chopra still has a huge project in hand, and that's the third instalment of Bollywood' sole successful superhero franchise, Krrish. Priyanka Chopra has played the leading lady in the first two films in the series, opposite Hrithik Roshan and it looks like she will continue doing so for the third film, Krrish 4 (just don't question the numeric arrangement). Krrish 4 will be directed by Rakesh Roshan, who had also helmed the previous films in the franchise.

A report in Bollywood Hungama quotes a source close to the Roshan family saying, “Priyanka has definitely given the green signal for the next instalment of Krrish. She has been a part of the first two Krrish films. When Rakeshji sounded her out about the fourth Krrish film, she happily agreed.” It makes sense since Hrithik's titular character was shown having a baby (with its own super-powers) with Priyanka's character, who is his wife, at the end of Krrish 3.

The source further adds that the director was earlier reluctant to approach Priyanka for the role, since she achieved global recognition.  The source added, "Since she’s such a big global star now, Rakeshji thought she may not want to be part of a desi franchise where she doesn’t play the main character. But, Priyanka’s association with the Roshans goes back a long way. She has always been a loyal big-hearted girl."

However, there is no official confirmation from either Priyanka or the Roshans yet, so we are waiting for that! Krrish 4, meanwhile, is scheduled to release on Christmas 2020 as announced by papa Roshan on son Hrithik's birthday.

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