Heroine

Heroine  is an upcoming Indian film directed, co-written and co-produced by Madhur Bhandarkar. Revolving around the life of a once successful film actress, Mahi Arora, whose career is on the decline, the film features Kareena Kapoor as the protagonist along with actors Arjun Rampal, Randeep Hooda and Rakesh Bapat. A the project also stars Shahana Goswami, Divya Dutta, Helen, Shillpi Sharma, Mugdha Godse and Lillete Dubey in supporting roles.


Kareena Kapoor as Mahi Arora Originally the first choice for her role, Kapoor was hesitant to take on the project when Bhandarkar approached her with the film's brief initial idea.She explained reservations about the criticism her character might evoke as well as the intimate sequences with several of her co-stars, and was subsequently replaced by Aishwarya Rai.Several days after production began, Rai left the film due to her pregnancy, and Bhandarkar reapproached Kapoor with the film.Once the director reinforced his faith in her, she agreed to do the film when she was handed the completed script.Prior to being cast in Heroine.

Heroine is scheduled to release on 21 September 2012