Fearless Franka

Director Vishal Bharadwaj has signed Run Lola Run actress Franka Potente for his upcoming film, Julia. The script of the film is based on the life of Mary Ann Evans aka Fearless Nadia, who ruled the Hindi film industry in the ’30s.

Our source reveals, “Vishal met Franka in Berlin sometime in August. He had discussed the subject of his film, Julia, with her and told her that he was keen to cast her in the lead role. Ajay Devgan is being considered for the film, too.”

Vishal finally got Franka flown down to Mumbai a few days ago. Our source says, “Franka has already done the screen test at Mehboob Studios and Vishal is happy with the results.” Vishal wanted to see if Franka could carry well the costumes that Nadia wore in her films during those days.

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com