Ranveer Singh to Turn Kalki Koechlin into a Rapper for Gully Boy?
Kalki Koechlin has started listening to Divine and Naezy to play the role!
Zoya Akhtar has worked with both Ranveer Singh and Kalki Koechlin before. While Ranveer played the man born with a silver spoon his mouth in Dil Dhadakne do, Kalki played a pivotal role in Zoya's much appreciated movie Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. For the first time ever Ranveer and Kalki will be sen together in Zoya's much-anticipated film Gully Boy. The film revolves around the life of street rappers from the city of Mumbai. Slated to release in February next year, the film has created a lot buzz with its hatke concept.
And hatke is Kalki's character in the movie indeed. A little birdie has chirped to us that Kalki will be playing the role of a rapper in the movie. She will be seen as someone who comes to India from Abroad to make a music video and that's when she gets in touch with Ranveer Singh. The actress reportedly stated, according to Bollywood Hungama, that since she has to sing a song with Ranveer, she has even started listening to Divine and Naezy. For the uninitiated, the real-life rappers Divine and Naezy are the original inspiration behind Gully Boy.
Ranveer, who is riding the success wave with his last outing Padmavaat has another interesting line up where he will be playing the legendary Kapil Dev in the movie. But for now, he is excited about Gully Boy for sure. Singh who has just wrapped up shooting for Gully Boy, has thanked Zoya for the experience. Singh on Sunday night posted a picture of himself along with Zoya Akhtar with the caption: “Bae and I made for each other. I love you Zoya Akhtar. Thank you for this unique and unforgettable experience Gully Boy.”
It will be pertinent to note that the movie also stars Alia Bhatt. This will be the first time Singh and Bhatt will be working together and we are excited to see the proverbial jugalbandi between the two phenomenal acting talents!
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