"We have seen the screen test of Sharman Joshi and strongly feel that he has understood the character and done a brilliant job in the screen test, " Chopra said in a press statement.
His decision to cast Joshi in the lead role comes as no surprise since the director-producer has made such bold choices in the past with Saif Ali Khan in "Parineeta" and Sanjay Dutt in the "Munnabhai" series.