Miss Sri Lanka 2006 Jacqueline Fernandez is to play Princess Jasmine in the Hindi movie Aladdin opposite Indian superstar Amitabh Bachchan.

Ayesha Takia’s loss is former Miss Sri Lanka Jacqueline Fernandez’s gain. After things did not work out between Ayesha and director Sujoy Ghosh for the director’s new film Aladdin, the two parted ways. Sujoy was looking out for a leading lady for quite some time and finally he zeroed in on Miss Sri Lanka 2006 Jacqueline Fernandez.


This will be Jacqueline Fernandez’s first stint in acting and Aladdin seems to be a really good debut for the lass.

Back in Sri Lanka, she was working as an anchorwoman in a business program called Lanka Business Report and also wrote a weekly column for a top newspaper.

If you recall, a leading film magazine covered reports of Jacqueline Fernandez dating actor Viveik Oberoi. However, that seemed to have died down.

Aladdin stars Amitabh Bachchan playing the genie while Riteish Deshmukh essays the title role. Sanjay Dutt is also a part of this film. Vishal-Shekhar is doing the music.


Ref: Daliy Mirror & http://movies.indiatimes.com

Posted on Thursday, December 20, 2007 @ 08:21:25 LKT by SaNDun

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