Kangana Ranaut replaces Vidya Balan on Ekta Kapoor's list

Kangana Ranaut

Kangana Ranaut

Kangana Ranaut

Kangana Ranaut

Kangana Ranaut

Kangana Ranaut

Kangana Ranaut

Kangana Ranaut

Kangana Ranaut

Kangana Ranaut

Kangana Ranaut

Kangana Ranaut

Kangana Ranaut

Kangana Ranaut

Kangana Ranaut

 Ekta Kapoor was considering her blue-eyed girl Vidya Balan for their next big project 'Shootout at Wadala'. But after much delay and deliberation she is finally replaced by Kangana Ranaut in the film.
The underworld film to be directed by Sanjay Gupta has John Abraham, Anil Kapoor and Tusshar Kapoor in lead roles. "For quite some time, Vidya Balan was being considered for the female lead, to be paired opposite John Abraham. John plays the character of the notorious gangster Manya Surve and Vidya was to play his girlfriend", says a source closely associated with Balaji Films. 
However it seems like Ekta Kapoor herself was responsible for making Vidya so big with the success of The Dirty Picture that the actress wasn't sure whether she would want to do this role in the male-centric underworld drama. "So she opted out of the project but on a very amicable note and there is absolutely no bad-blood", adds the source. So the makers replaced Vidya by their other favourite - Kangana Ranaut who worked with Balaji in Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai. 

Underworld Awakening 3D Movie Review

Underworld

Kate Beckinsale

Kate Beckinsale

Cast: Kate Beckinsale, India Eisley, Michael Ealy, Stephen Rea, Theo James 
Direction: Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein 
Cast: Action/Fiction/Thriller 
Release Date: 20th Jan 2012(worldwide) 
Kate Beckinsale reprises the role of a vampire warrior, Selene in the 4th installment of the Underworld series, Underworld Awakening. 

It comes to humans' knowledge that vampires and lycans (werewolves) exist. Considering they pose danger to the human race, it is thus decided that both clans need to be eradicated. 
Selene attempts to escape imprisonment but gets captured by humans and is kept in cryogenic suspension for 12 years for scientific experiments. Selene manages to flee but encounters another 'subject' who has escaped the facility too. This happens to be Eve (India Eisley) a vampire and lycan hyrbrid. 
As circumstances force Selene to save Eve from the lycans, the journey helps Selene unfold the death-defying truth that's been kept under wraps. Underworld Awakening too takes the rivalry between Vampires and Lycans (werewolves who can take the form of humans) a bit further.