

While Shraddha Kapoor is Shakti Kapoor's daughter, Shaad Randhawa - who was launched by the Bhatts as a villain in Woh Lamhe - is yesteryear actress Mumtaz's nephew. Interestingly, after the nation-wide hunt for Aashiqui 2, the main roles have gone to star kids. While Aashiqui had 11 songs, Aashiqui 2 will have only seven."

Jeet Ganguly will make original songs in Aashiqui 2. Promises Mukesh Bhatt: "We are resisting the temptation of carrying over Nadeem-Shravan's chartbusters from Aashiqui into Aashiqui 2. Significantly, the pathbreaking music score from the 1990 musical blockbuster Aashiqui will not be repeated in the sequel. It's a contemporary love story dealing with mature emotions." " Aashiqui 2 is not a remake of any of our films," he says.

The buzz is that Aashiqui 2 is a remake of the Bhatts' 1990 Anil Kapoor-Meenakshi Sheshadri-Govinda love triangle Awaargi.īut Mukesh Bhatt denies this. These are performance-oriented parts, and we're convinced that Aashiqui 2 would do for Shraddha, Aditya and Shaad what the first Aashiqui did for Rahul, Anu and Deepak Taijori." It's not a film about only looking good, singing and dancing. "All three actors have extremely challenging dramatic roles. "We found Shraddha very talented," Mukesh Bhatt says. Now, the Bhatts have taken charge of Shraddha's career. The role passed on to Kalki Koechlin and Shraddha ended up doing the Yash Raj film Luv Ka The End, which did nothing for her career. The pretty daughter of veteran actor Shakti Kapoor, Shraddha's career has suffered a string of false starts. After an inglorious launch in the Amitabh Bachchan starrer- Teen Patti, Shradha was supposed to play the lead opoosite Prateik in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's production of My Friend Pinto.

The two heroes in the love triangle will be played by Shaad Randhawa and Aditya Roy Kapoor, and the girl will be played by Shraddha Kapoor. After a nation-wide talent hunt for new faces in Aashqui 2 - the sequel to the blockbuster 1990 musical Aashiqui, which made Rahul Roy and Anu Aggarwal overnight stars and established Nadeem-Shravan among the most successful music composer duos of all time - the cast has been selected.
