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"Sonakshi Sinha is to play a boxer in a Hindi version of Thuppaki. The film will be directed by Murugadoss, who made the original Tamil thriller.  A source told Hindustan Times: &amp;quot;Parineeti [Chopra] was in talks for the role, Diana [Penty] and Kajal [Agarwal] were not very high on the makers&amp;#039; priority list.  &amp;quot;Sonakshi was always on Murugadoss&amp;#039;s mind. The idea was to cast a girl who can match Akshay [Kumar]&amp;#039;s machismo with an unapologetic attitude. And she has proved she can do that with the Dabangg series.&amp;quot; Kumar will be taking on the lead role previously played by Vidyut Jamwal. &amp;quot;The casting was Murugadoss&amp;#039;s call. Akshay is friends with Sonakshi and her family, but he has been too busy with Khiladi 786 and the shooting of Boss to participate in these decisions,&amp;quot; the insider added.    Sinha and Kumar have appeared together in OMG Oh My God, Rowdy Rathore and Joker.  The 25-year-old star has described herself as having &amp;quot;good chemistry&amp;quot; with the older actor.  In August, she said that she was lucky to have worked with so many high-profile actors in her career so far.  Watch Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha in the trailer for Joker:       "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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