Niki Walia reveals she was first approached for Shefali Shah's role in 'Dil Dhadakne Do': 'Zoya Akhtar ne mujhe UK se khaas fly karke bulaya tha'

Niki Walia has revealed she was originally cast in Zoya Akhtar 's 2015 film ' Dil Dhadakne Do ', in the role that eventually went to Shefali Shah . The actress opened up about how close she came to playing Neelam, the wife of Anil Kapoor's character, before the project was suddenly taken away from her. Let's take a look at what she has to say.

Niki Walia says Shefali Shah replaced her in 'Dil Dhadakne Do'In a conversation with Buzzzooka Prime, Niki Walia shared that she had already progressed quite far into the casting process . According to her, Zoya Akhtar had even flown her in specially from the UK for the role.