Southern hottie Priya Anand plays lead in Farhan Akhtar's Fukrey

Southern actress Priya Anand has bagged one of the female leads in Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar's upcoming production "Fukrey".

The 26-year-old, recently seen as Sridevi's niece in "English Vinglish", will share the screen with Pulkit Samrat, Richa Chaddha and Manjot Singh.

When asked, the spokesperson of Excel Entertainment confirmed the news: "Everyone loved Priya's performance in 'English Vinglish'. This will be her first central portrayal in a youth-centric romantic film."

Priya is a known name in Tamil and Telugu cinema and her work has been appreciated in movies like "Leader", "Nootrenbadhu" and "Kazhugu" down south.

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Southern hotties taking over Bollywood? After Tamannah here comes Priya Anand

Barely had we digested the fact that the 22-year old Tamannah Bhatia would be making her Bollywood debut opposite 40-plus Ajay Devgn in the Vashu Bhagnani-produced Himmatwala when now news comes that another Tamil-Telugu actress Priya Anand has been cast opposite Vashu’s son Jackky in the Hindi remake of the 2009 Tamil hit Naadodigal.

A prominent Tamil –Telugu actress Priya was Rana Daggubati’s co-star in his debut film Leader. Since then she has been labeled lucky for her leading men.

Apparently Priya has been signed by Bhagnani for an exclusive 3-film deal on Rana Daggubati’s recommendation.

Says a source, “Immediately after she finishes shooting Priyadarshan’s film she goes into F.A.L.T.U 2 with Jackky which Sanjay Gadhvi will direct. After that she will do one more film with Jackky. ”

Let’s hope Priya gets a chance to work with other Bollywood heroes.

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