Katrina Kaif signs a film with 'Baahubali' star Prabhas ?

With the tremendous success of 'Bahubali: The Conclusion', south superstar Prabhas is on the seventh heaven. The actor is now gearing up for his next film titled 'Saaho'. Reports in media state that Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif has been roped in to play the female lead in the film.

'Saaho' is a sci-fi thriller film which is directed by Sujeeth and will be released in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. The film's trailer which was released recently has also been getting a good response from the audience.

A report on a leading website quoted a source informing, "Prabhas and his makers were in search of the leading lady for the film and after the success of 'Baahubali 2', they thought of casting a Bollywood heroine. They spoke to Deepika Padukone, Parineeti Chopra, and Amy Jackson but finally, the zeroed on Katrina Kaif because she fit the bill correctly with dates and character requirement. Prabhas is currently vacationing in the US and will be back soon to kick start Saaho and the official announcement will be made soon." (sic)

Katrina is currently busy with Anurag Basu's 'Jagga Jasoos'. Apart from that, she also has prestigious projects with the 'Khan's of Bollywood. Her upcoming films include 'Tiger Zinda Hai', Shah Rukh Khan's next film with Anand L Rai and also, recently it was confirmed that Kat would also be a part of Aamir Khan's 'Thugs of Hindostan'.

However, will Katrina and Prabhas's onscreen chemistry win the audience's heart?

Only time will! But, we can't wait for this one.

( Credits: Filmfare)