Lara Dutta to play Indira Gandhi in Akshay Kumar’s ‘Bell Bottom’?

With work underway on Akshay Kumar’s upcoming film ‘Bell Bottom’, rumours are rife about Lara Dutta’s part in the film.

A report by PinkVilla suggests that the long-legged beauty, Dutta, will be seen portraying the role of a politician – PM Indira Gandhi.

A source told the publication, “The film is set in the ’80s with Akshay playing a special agent who helps solve one of the biggest conspiracies that shook the country. But there are three leading ladies in the film. Vaani Kapoor plays Akshay’s wife and romantic interest in the film, whereas there’s a special character that Lara Dutta will be seen essaying. Lara will play the role of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and has an extremely pivotal part to play in the entire narrative. The film is set in the times when Indira led the country and the makers wanted a good performer to step in for the role and they thought of Lara.”

The source added, “They needed a different set up to shoot the film and the producers have taken proper permission from the UK Government for shoot. The entire cast, including Vaani Kapoor, Huma Qureshi and Lara Dutta along with Akshay, Jackky Bhagnani (the producer) and Ranjit Tiwari (director) are expected to fly sometime in the next few weeks.”

‘Bell Bottom’ will commence shooting after the India lockdown, with a shoot schedule for London in August. The film is based on true events. It is written by Aseem Arora and Pervez Shaikhand.

It is worth mentioning that Akshay’s next release ‘Laxmmi Bomb’ will stream directly on digital platform, Hotstar. The film releases later this year.

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