Heroine

Heroine (2012)

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A female superstar struggles through the trials and tribulations of being a Bollywood actress.

Date of release
2012-09-21
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (47)
Runtime
2h 20m
Genres
Drama
Director
Madhur Bhandarkar

Casting

Interesting facts

Heroine is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language psychological drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Madhur Bhandarkar. The film stars Kareena Kapoor as Mahi Arora, a once-successful film actress whose career is on the decline, alongside Arjun Rampal and Randeep Hooda in supporting roles.

Production

Following the completion of Jail (2009), Bhandarkar began toying with the idea of making a project based on the Hindi film industry. Along with screenwriter Niranjan Iyengar, Bhandarkar began developing the story about the life of an actress and later approached UTV Motion Pictures with whom he had worked on several occasions. Bhandarkar, who was keen on using the title Heroine for his film, donated ₹100,000 (US$1,000) to Guddu Dhanoa's charity.

The first look of Heroine was released as part of the 64th Cannes Film Festival. A promotional poster was released during a press conference in which Ronnie Screwvala of UTV Motion Pictures, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who was initially chosen as the film's lead, officially announced the film. The director said, "The film is a glamorous yet bold story of the internal journey of a superstar.

Explaining why he was launching the project in Cannes, Screwvala alluded to Rai's star power saying, "She is the brand ambassador for India, and for Indian cinema, when it comes to the French Riviera." The actress was quick to deny any reference to her personal life being portrayed in the movie and said that the entire idea was a result of Bhandarkar's conceptualisation.

Pre-production was expected to commence during the summer of 2010 but was put on hold due to Kareena Kapoor, who had replaced Rai, having other commitments. During this period, Bhandarkar announced that he would be making another project while putting Heroine on hold.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who had initially been cast as the film's lead, was replaced by Kareena Kapoor. Arjun Rampal was cast opposite Kapoor as the male lead in November 2011. Randeep Hooda was cast to play the role of a cricket player. Initially, Arunoday Singh was chosen to play the role but opted out for unknown reasons.

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