Akshay Kumar has taken over the Hashmi’s character and the reports are that Sonakshi Sinha will play the love interest of Akshay in the film. The Dabangg girl will play the character of ‘Mandakini’, the love interest of Dawood in the film.

Earlier, it was said that Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone or Kareena Kapoor would play the character of ‘Mandakini’ but Milan seems to have zeroed on Sonakshi for her successful Dabangg debut.

A source was quoted in Mumbai Mirror as saying, “Ekta Kapoor and Milan Luthria are taking their time to choose the leading lady for ‘Once Upon a Time in Mumbai’ 2. They want the girl to be perfect. Initially, they wanted a leading lady to essay the role of Mandakini. But now, they are considering Sonakshi Sinha.”

Sonakshi who is working with Akshay in another film ‘Joker’ seems working in the favor of the actress, “Akshay and Sonakshi are already doing Shirish Kunder’s Joker and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Rowdy Rathod to be directed by Prabhudeva together. Ekta and Milan will obviously keep that in mind while making their choice,” added the source.

So far the casting a part from Akshay isn’t final as yet, the director is looking for a parallel hero for the film, “They are still looking for the parallel hero in the film. Once the second actor is finalised, Ekta and Milan will take a call on who will play the leading lady,” said the source.

Vidya who is playing the sultry role of ‘Silk Smitha’, the south Indian siren in Ekta Kapoor’s production and Milan Lutharia’s directed, a much hyped biopic ‘Dirty Picture’ encountered an unhealthy problem.

Reportedly, the film contains a lot of skin show but a bathtub scene has spoiled Vidya’s skin for which she had to run to a dermatologist.

She developed the rough as soon as she was done with the scene but she ignored. However, when it turned into red rashes then she raised the alarm and hurriedly taken to a dermatologist.

A source said, “Vidya soon realized that she had developed an allergy. The rash spread all over her body. She quickly got dressed. Abandoning the shoot, she went to see the doctor immediately.”

Many would blame the unhygienic water but Balaji Motion Pictures says that they have organized for mineral water for the scene. The source added, “Balaji Motion Pictures had organised for mineral water to be filled in the bathtub. Luthria is very particular about his actors getting the best.

Despite the precautions, Vidya developed the allergy. It could be due to the bathtub, which was hand painted. It could be the soap or maybe just the fact that she had remained in soap water for a long time.”

While the doctor said that it happened due to higher presence of alkali in the soap to which Vidya was exposed for a good time which resulted into red rashes.

Next time check your brand of soap Vidya, else the ‘Dirty Picture’ will seriously go dirty!

Vidya who is portraying the role of south hot sensation ‘Silk Smitha’ character in the ‘Dirty Picture’ was of two minds over her characterization until Milan referred her ‘Burlesque’ and ‘Chicago’ to get her out of her thoughts of soft porn.

Milan said, “Vidya wanted to have an idea about what was in my head and about the character she plays. So as a reference point, I asked her to watch Burlesque and Chicago for rhythmic energy, lighting, photo, costumes, etc. After watching Burlesque, Vidya`s respect for me shot up a few notches further.”

It isn’t only Vidya who has conceived this thought, many people think ‘Dirty Picture’ is soft porn, having known the tales of ‘Silk Smitha’ for long.

“That`s why it`s important to see films like ‘Burlesque’ to show you the potential for this art form whether it is about a stripper, dancer or item girl. I wanted Vidya to know that what she`s doing is not crass or crude but can be shown aesthetically in a sensual manner with a touch of class. What her character does is not cheap. I wanted to show her that I haven`t taken up a career in soft porn,” added the director of last year hit ‘Once Upon a Time in Mumbai’.

Now we hope, no one will have a ‘Dirty Picture’ on their mind about the film and Vidya of course.