According to media sources, Rai Bachchan was the first priority of Madhur Bhandarkar for his upcoming project “Heroine” but later due to her pregnancy he went to Kapoor.

Sources added, when Kapoor was asked that how different the movie would have come out if Rai Bachchan was the lead. She replied, "It is very unfair to compare us, we're from two different generations."

Rai Bachchan was born in 1973 and started career with her debut “Iruvar” in 1997. Kapoor was born in 1980 and steeped into the Bollywood world with her debut “Refugee” in 2000.