Director Anurag Basu has been talking about the sequel to his 2007 hit Life in a Metro for quite some time now. He has been approaching actors and the latest on his list is Sidharth Malhotra. The director, along with producer Bhushan Kumar of T-Series, has approached Sidharth to play a pivotal role in the sequel.

A leading tabloid reported, “Anurag zeroed in on Sidharth Malhotra for the role. The two met recently for a narration. While the actor has liked the script, he has to sign on the dotted line.” Before narrating it to Sidharth, Anurag approached Arjun Kapoor for the same role. However, the actor had to turn down the offer due to his unavailability of dates.

Arjun has wrapped the shooting for Namaste England with Parineeti Chopra and has started working for Raj Kumar Gupta’s India’s Most Wanted. Next, in line, he has Ashutosh Gowariker’s Panipat, alongside Sanjay Dutt and Kriti Sanon. And thus, the actor has a hectic schedule until next year.

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According to another daily the Newton actor, Rajkummar Rao had also been offered a role in the film. The daily reported, “Anurag was impressed with Rajkummar Rao’s repertoire. He was keen to cast him and discussed the idea with Bhushan. Both of them met the actor recently and offered him the part.” Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan have also been offered pivotal roles in the film. However, no confirmation has been given about its star cast yet.

On the work front, Sidharth will be seen with Parineeti Chopra in Balaji MotionPictures’ Jabariya Jodi. The duo announced the commencement of its shoot with a poster launch. He was last seen in Neeraj Pandey’s thriller Aiyaari which released in February this year. It also featured Manoj Bajpayee and Rakulpreet Singh.