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Katrina Kaif Steps In as Deepika Bows Out of Spirit

Prabhas's next big project just got a major casting shake-up. Here's the tea.

Katrina Kaif at a media event, smiling at the camera
Photo: Laura Lee Dooley from Arlington, VA, USA, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)

Plot twist alert! Industry chatter suggests that Deepika Padukone has exited Prabhas’s upcoming film Spirit, and Katrina Kaif is now being eyed to fill the role. The Padmaavat star’s exit has reportedly triggered a major reshuffle in the project’s casting plans, with production insiders moving quickly to lock in her replacement.

Katrina, the Dhoom 3 star married to Vicky Kaushal, is apparently top of the list to step into this high-profile project alongside Prabhas. The move would mark another significant collaboration in Bollywood’s ever-shifting casting carousel, where A-listers often juggle multiple big-ticket films.

While neither camp has officially confirmed the developments, reports doing the rounds suggest things are moving fast on this front. Spirit is shaping up to be one of the year’s most-watched projects, so whoever signs the dotted line is looking at serious screen time opposite one of Telugu cinema’s biggest names.

We’ve got our cameras trained on this one. Stay tuned!

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Photo: Laura Lee Dooley from Arlington, VA, USA, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)