First it was Kareena Kapoor for ‘Verna’ not Mahira, claims Haroon Shahid

“Shoaib had advised me that Kareena could be in it,” recalled Haroon, who had already notched up a variety of tv dramas underneath his belt earlier than being supplied his first ever movie position as Aaami in Verna. Evidently excited concerning the prospect of working with the worldwide celebrity, Haroon simply accepted the supply. In the end, nonetheless, Haroon’s hopes of collaborating with such a famend determine have been dashed after Kareena was unavailable, allegedly on account of her being pregnant together with her first baby.

“Kareena was alleged to be within the movie, however then she was anticipating, so she couldn’t do it,” defined Haroon. “So then they introduced Mahira into the movie.”

Kareena welcomed her first baby with fellow Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan in 2016 at a time when Verna would have been in its manufacturing section. With Kareena reportedly unavailable for filming, the lead feminine position was finally supplied to Mahira Khan, who ended up taking part in Sara in Verna.

Director Shoaib’s third movie, Verna was launched in 2017. With Mahira Khan as the feminine lead after Kareena purportedly turned it down, Verna takes on a darkish tone because it charts the ordeal of a lady in search of justice after being raped and kidnapped, and the toll it takes on her relationships. Whether or not or not the looks of a Bollywood star in an in any other case Pakistani manufacturing would have afforded the movie larger rankings can solely be guessed at.