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Harshvardhan Kapoor to work with sisters Sonam Kapoor and Rhea Kapoor

22 Aug 2019

HarshvardhanKapoor,who made his debut inthecommercially unsuccessful Mirzya and followed it up with acritically acclaimedbut nonethelessbox officefailure BhaveshJoshi , will now be seen ina home production. RheaKapoor, who isHarshvardhanssister will produce the large-screen versionofAnujaChauhans bestselling novel The BattleforBittora , the storyofadvertising copywriterwho ends up fighting a national parliamentaryelection. The film, which has beenonthe anvilfor nearlyfour years, was to beoriginally made withSonamKapoorandFawadKhan, the pairfreshoff the shelfafter the releaseof Khubsoorat in 2014. However, the project hadto beput on hold when Fawadfledthecountry, while RheaKapoorand her sister collaboratedontwo other projectsthe successful VeereDi Wedding and the on-release TheZoyaFactor (also based on anAnujaChauhannovel). We now hearof The Battle ForBittora being revived withSonamKapoorin the lead. Andyes, brotherHarshvardhanwill play a pivotal rolein the quirky politicalsatire to be directed byShashankaGhosh. Thats good news Harshvardhanwho has beentrying to find his bearings. All hopes were pinned foryoungKapooronthe biopic on shooterAbhinavBindra. But, that has now been delayed. Hence, the family film.