Varun Dhawan’s 2015 revenge drama, ‘Badlapur’, earned him a lot of accolades for his intense character play. Now, Deepika Padukone is set to play a similar character. Dinesh Vijan, who produced ‘Badlapur’, is keen to rope in his favourite actress Deepika Padukone for ‘Badlapur 2’. A source reveals to DNA, “A sequel to ‘Badlapur’, with a female protagonist and a completely new cast, is being planned. Dinesh has bounced the idea off to Deepika and she has loved it. It’s a character-driven role, just like Varun’s was in ‘Badlapur’. The script isn’t ready yet and once that’s done, the producer will give the actress a full narration and get her dates blocked for the film.” Dinesh and Deepika’s friendship has come a long way. The celebs and cinema stars have done films like ‘Cocktail’, ‘Love Aaj Kal’ and ‘Finding Fanny’ and now Deepika has also shot for a special number in Dinesh’s directorial debut ‘Raabta’, before giving the nod to ‘Badlapur 2’. ‘Badlapur’ was directed by Sriram Raghavan.
If all goes well then ‘Badlapur 2’ will not be the only negative character that Deepika is working on. The Bollywood actress is set to play a mafia queen alongside Irrfan Khan in Vishal Bhardwaj’s yet untitled film. Deepika is set to step into the shoes of feared mafia don Rahima Khan, who was popularly known as Sapna Didi, while Irrfan will assist her as a local gangster. But before the intense characters with Bhardwaj and Vijan’s ‘Badlapur 2’ strike, Deepika is busy shooting for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus ‘Padmavati’.
