Yes, you heard it right! Now that Madhur's dream project Heroine is back on track, with Kareena Kapoor in the lead, the hottie is said to charm us in 130 costumes in the movie !
That is the budget granted by UTV Motion Pictures for the costumes of the Heroine. Reportedly, Rs 5 Lakh of the film's budget was previously spent on costumes that the former leading lady, Aishwarya Rai, wore during the 9 days that she shot for Heroine. However, all those costumes were of no use now, as Kareena is a different size.
Manish Malhotra, will be doing the designing for her. Incidentlly, he's also Bebo's Favorite designer. He's overwhelmed by the project and said 'I have never made so many costumes for one actress in my entire career, till date.'
The source explained, 'Kareena plays a diva at the prime of her career. Each scene will have at least four costume changes. Heroine is an extravagant project and they are leaving no stone unturned to make it look as glamorous as possible.'
After the film got shelved due to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's pregnancy, Kareena Kapoor stepped in to save the project. Bebo was the original choice for the role as well.
'The whole world knows that Heroine is my movie, that it was written for me and Madhur was in talks with me. I couldn't do it because of date problems so he moved on. What happened in between is not my concern,' says Kareena.
Kareena had apparently asked for a whopping Rs 10 Crore from UTV for the film, but has settled for Rs 8 crore. The shooting starts in November 2011.