Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif lead Bollywood’s fresh pairs

Katrina Kaif who often shares screen space with the Bollywood biggies is now being paired up opposite the much junior actor Aditya Roy Kapoor. This jodi will be seen together in director Abhishek Kapoor’s film Fitoor. Bigger than the fresh pairing is a more  surprising element of the film and that is veteran actress Rekha.

Fitoor is an adaptation of English writer Charles Dickens’ novel ‘Great Expectations’. The shooting of this love saga will commence next month

Apart from Katrina, Aditya will also be paired opposite Parineeti Chopra for the first time in the film 'Daawat-E-Ishq'. And this is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to fresh pairings in Bollywood this year.

In Mohit Suri film ‘Ek Villain’, Siddharth Malhotra is paired opposite Shraddha Kapoor. A look at the trailer of this romantic thriller and we see that Siddharth and Shraddha’s sizzling chemistry is quite appealing. Siddharth is satisfied with the response.

“The response to the first look of the film is quite interesting. The shooting is on and everyone is excited about the pairing as well,” says the actor.

Salman Khan who has romanced several generations of actresses has now been paired opposite Jacqueline Fernandez in Sajid Nadiadwala’s directorial debut film 'Kick' . Jacqueline ifs pretty excited about her pairing with Salman. 

“I am obviously very excited to be working on a movie with Salman Khan it was a dream so it’s great that its actually happened and working really hard towards it,” she says.

Apart from this in the film Roy Jacqueline has been paired opposite Arjun Rampal for the first time. Jacqueline is in a double role in the film and  Ranbir Kapoor is in a special appearance, which means that  Jackie may also get a chance to share screen space with screen space Ranbir Kapoor.

Akshay Kumar who has a tendency to repeat his heroines in most films will now be seen opposite actress Tammanah Bhatia in a film called 'It’s Entertainment'. And in the film 'Gabbar' his leading lady is Shruti Haasan, while in director Neeraj Pandey’s thriller film Akshay has been paired opposite Taapsee Pannu. Taapsee will be seen before that with Amit Sadh in a Shoojit Sircar produced film 'Running Shadi Dot Com'.

Anushka Sharma is also changing her co-stars this time around. She has been paired opposite Aamir Khan in the film 'Pee Kay'. While in the Anurag Kashyap film 'Bombay Velvet', Ranbir Kapoor and will romance on screen for the first time. Barring this there is Neil Bhoopalam who has been cast opposite Anushka in her film 'NH10'. 

Vishal Bhardwaj’s film Haider will see Shahid Kapoor romancing Shraddha Kapoor. Arjun Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha will also coochie coo in the film 'Tevar'. Arjun Kapoor gets a chance to romance Queen Dee Deepika Padukone as well in a film called 'Finding Fenny Fernandes', by Homi Adjania. Arjun and Deepika are good friends off screen too. “For me it’s a little strange working with Arjun because I have known him for many, many years. I have known him when he was a fat kid  and he was a part of group of friends,” she guffaws.

'Happy Ending' will see Saif Ali Khan and Ileana D’Cruz haring screen for the first time, while 'Humshakals' has Saif and Riteish Deshmukh romancing Tamanna and Esha Gupta. In the 'Welcome' sequel 'Welcome Back', John Abraham and Shruti Haasan have been paired up for the first time ever. These fresh pairings are interesting and their freshness will be interesting for the audience as well.

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