Sonam Kapoor's 'Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga' is about same-sex love
When 'Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga' got announced, many expected it to be a regular love story featuring Sonam K Ahuja and Rajkummar Rao in the lead. However, the trailer of the film pulled down the curtains on all such notions.
The Sonam and Anil Kapoor starrer treads the path that many conventional Bollywood filmmakers and actors shy away from: same-sex love. Ever since the trailer of 'ELKDTAL' hit the web, people have been eager to know who plays Sonam's love interest in the film.
While rumours had always been rife about South Indian actress Regina Cassandra making her Bollywood debut with the film, her part in 'ELKDTAL' has been kept under tight wraps. She has seemingly been barred from posting any pictures from the sets of the film. Regina also doesn't feature in any of the film's official posters. However, our well-placed sources have confirmed that it's indeed Regina who is playing Sonam's lesbian partner.
Here's everything you need to know about South Star -
1. 'Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga' will mark Regina's debut in Bollywood
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Regina, who is a known name in South film industry and has worked in various Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films; will make her Bollywood debut with Shelly Chopra Dhar's directorial venture. "In 'Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga', Regina plays Kuku, who will apparently fall in love with Sweety (Sonam Kapoor)," a source told BollywoodLife.com.
The 28-year-old actor has featured in 'Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham' (2014), 'Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga' (2013), 'Jyo Achyutananda' (2016), 'Maanagaram' (2017), 'Mr Chandramouli' (2018), 'Awe!' (2018) and even 'Silukkuvarpatti Singam' (2018).
2. This is not her first film on homosexuality
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Interestingly, Regina was also a part of Tollywood's first film on homosexuality, 'Awe'.
3. Regina was originally supposed to make her Bollywood debut with 'Aankhen 2'
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The actress was expected to make her Bollywood debut with 'Aankhen 2' alongside Amitabh Bachchan but the project did not take off.
4. As of 2018, Regina has appeared in 25 films
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She made her on screen debut as an artist with the Tamil Movie 'Kanda Naal Mudhal' (2005). She debuted as lead actress in Tamil with 'Azhagiya Asura', Kannada with 'Suryakaanti', Telugu with 'Shiva Manasulo Shruti'.
5. Regina was a Pyschology student
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Regina was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India on 13 December 1990. She completed Master of Science in Counseling Pyschology from University of Madras and Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Women's Christian College, Chennai.
6. Like Sonam, Regina is a vegan, too
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She is a strong supporter of 'Teach for Change' and 'PETA'. She has been a Vegan since 2011.
