Ekta Kapoor has asked her friend Prachi Desai to essay Naureen's character
Prachi Desai is Ekta Kapoor's first choice for Emraan Hashmi's first wife in the Mohammed Azharuddin's biopic, which she is planning to start in 2015.
If all goes well, Prachi will play Naureen whom Azhar divorced after 9 years of marriage. He then married model-actor Sangeeta Bijlani in 1996.
This will be Prachi's second film with Emraan (who plays Azhar) after Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai...
Kunal Deshmukh was supposed to direct the film, but later Blue director Tony stepped into his shoes.
A source close to the film told SpotboyE.com, "Ekta and Tony have sounded off Prachi about the role. Prachi has liked her part. The modalities are being worked out."
Once upon a time, Ekta and Prachi were close friends ever since Prachi starred in Ekta's TV serial Kasamh Se. They had a misunderstanding in 2011 and Prachi was not spotted at Ekta's parties for the next two years. Two years later, however, the two patched-up and Prachi was seen at Ekta's iftar bash in August last year.