Priyanka Chopra and Madhur Bhandarkar

Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar has decide to cast Priyanka Chopra as his ‘Madamji’, but there seems to be a clause attached. The National Award-winning filmmaker will have to wait till mid-October before he can shoot with the actress even though he had planned to roll in May. The reason behind the delay are date issues.

As per sources, “Priyanka and Madhur had a meeting before she left to shoot the on-going schedule of the Mary Kom biopic. She told Madhur that she was bowled over by the script and definitely wants to be a part of the project, but there was a hitch.

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Priyanka informed Madhur that she can only take up the role after she is done with Omung Kumar’s Mary Kom and Zoya Akhtar’s Dil Dhadakne Do. It will take her around seven months to wrap up the both the films. Priyanka wants do Madamji in one go since it is a challenging role. She doesn’t want any distraction.”

Source further added. , Madhur is now planning a quickie to keep him busy for the next few months. this news was confirmed by the filmmaker Madhur BHandarkar too”Priyanka and I are working on the schedule and other modalities for Madamji. But yes, I may make Calendar Girls first.”

Madamji is a story based on the life of an

item girl-turned-politician and also this will be the first time that Madhur will repeat an actress. His last film with Priyanka, Fashion, won her the National Award.