How Mahira Khan overtook Huma Qureshi to play SRK's wife in Raees

Shah Rukh and Mahira Khan star as a gangster and his wife in Raees

21 Jan, 2016

It's not surprising that Mahira Khan was up against quite a few contenders for her role in Raees. After all, it was a chance to star opposite the Bollywood King, Shah Rukh Khan!

According to the latest buzz, Mahira's impressive audition sealed her fate as the Raees heroine and crossed the name of one Huma Qureshi off of the list of hopefuls.

DNA India reports that Huma was approached first for the role. Their source reveals, "They thought Huma would fit the bill and also they wanted a fresh pairing of sorts. But then, they got Mahira on board because the character required the actress to have a certain kind of mannerism and lingo and being a Pakistani, Mahira totally nailed it."

Mahira is known to enjoy great camaraderie with SRK (inside jokes and all), and he's confident that they will look good together in Raees.

The grapevine also has it that the two have filmed a great dance sequence for the film.

Raees, which is set in a Muslim ghetto in Gujarat, is the story of a gangster's rise to power.

Comments

Adil Jan 21, 2016 02:57pm

She needs to act with Hrithik, Aamir, Ranbir, Salman and Akshay...... but never withImran Hashmi

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Satt Jan 21, 2016 04:09pm

She got famous by Pakistani dramas and Shahrukh Khan and gang very well know which group you need to target to get maximum viewership and also Pakistan drams are famous among Indian Muslims specially so Shahrukh Khan is targeting Indian Muslims by taking Mahira Khan in his films.

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Afzal Jan 21, 2016 04:30pm

@Adil True, she will need a total metamorphosis of her personality to work with Hashmi. She may not even fit well even with Akshay. Most of the others would be fine. One hopes and wishes she never agrees to doing hopeless B'wood item scenes ....she would loose her great image back home and doing item numbers would not necessarily contribute to more appealing image than she enjoys currently.

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ShuBratChowdery Jan 21, 2016 10:56pm

I dont think it has anything to do with her debut or acting prowess for that matter. Having a Pakistani actress in a film increases the viewership as opposed to an indian actress and hence we are seeing more Pakistanis in Bollywood. Same logic: Priyanka Chopra in Quantico and Irfan Khan in Hollywood movies.

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KASHIF Jan 25, 2016 11:35am

@SHUBRATCHOWDERY You're right. This is increasing the gross revenues from Pakistan and all that cash flows into Bollywood. Why are our Pakistani actresses rushing to Bollywood, and making India richer?

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