It’s a double whammy for filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar. Not only his movie Heroine got shelved following actor Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan’s pregnancy, but also actress Priyanka Chopra, one of the possible candidates to replace Ash, is now all set to essay a similar character in filmmaker Kunal Kohli’s movie.


Chopra has teamed up with her rumoured ex-boyfriend Shahid Kapoor for the movie that tells a tale of an actress's way to the top in 70s, as against the Ash's character which was set in the 90s. Though Priyanka is playing a heroine of the 60s and the 70s, the character has a lot of similarities with that of Ash in Heroine, barring the costumes.


"Priyanka will be doing exactly what Ash couldn't do. She is playing a heroine who fights her way to the top and how she is exploited and exploits others en route. We were anyways gearing up to release Priyanka's movie ahead of Ash's just to steal the thunder. But now with Ash’s project getting shelved, the roads are clear for us," says a source, who is also a part of the unit. When the rough storyline of Ash's Heroine was made available, Kunal instructed everybody to keep the storyline of the film under the wraps.