Audiences loved Sonam Kapoor and Fawad Khan’s sweet chemistry in their film Khoobsurat, and as the news about the two yet again starring opposite to each other in Rhea Kapoor’s adaptation of Ahuja Chauhan’s Battle of Bittora broke out, the fans went berserk! But recent reports suggest a new twist in the whole Battle of Bittora’s tale.

According to latest buzz, it’s not Fawad Khan that will romance with Sonam Kapoor in director Shashanka Ghosh’s film but Farhan Akhtar! Yes, apparently, right after signing the film, Fawad Khan informed the makers of Battle for Bittora about his concerns. Fawad was uncomfortable with few intimate scenes in the film between him and Sonam and didn’t wish to do it. Rumour has it that the makers and Fawad tried their best to work things out but Fawad decided to take the door and walk out of the film and so he did.

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This is not the first time that Fawad has expressed his concerns over doing intimate scenes. Earlier, Fawad also made it pretty much clear that he’ll not shoot any intimate scenes with actress Alia Bhatt in their upcoming film Kapoor & Sons.

After Fawad walked out of Battle for Bittora, the makers had few discussions about the male lead in the film, the spot that was now empty. Soon, Farhan Akhtar’s name came up. If you remember well, Farhan and Sonam were seen together in biopic film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. Going by the mesmerizing on-screen performance the two gave in the film, the makers happily decided to rope in Farhan for Battle for Bittora. 

Reportedly, Rhea Kapoor is also very satisfied with the decision of getting Farhan Akhtar on board for the social and comedy film. Currently, the makers are trying to finalize the deal with Farhan and get his dates sorted out as soon as possible. If things go as planned, soon we’ll get to hear an official announcement.