Fawad, Sonam reunite for 'Battle for Bittora'

E-Paper | May 03, 2026

The oh-so-khoobsurat couple has already made it big in India and are now returning to the big screen for their second film.

Our prince charming Fawad has been paired with Bollywood's quintessential fashionista, Sonam Kapoor, for an adaptation of Anuja Chauhan’s best selling novel, "Battle for Bittora".

According to Times of India, Anil Kapoor’s company has purchased the filming rights for Chouhan’s book, and the film will be produced by his daughter, Rhea Kapoor.

"Battle of Bittora" tells the story of spunky 25-year-old Jinni, who is working in the big city and carving out a career in animation while living independently. Things take an unexpected turn when her bossy grandmother forces her to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from their boring hometown of Bittora. Her opponent turns out to be Zain Altaf Khan, someone Jinni has a complicated history with and is to be played by none other than Fawad Khan.

No release date for the movie has yet been announced.

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Khuram Nisar

Oct 13, 2014 10:47am

Talent utilized at the best. Keep up the good work Fawad.

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anshul

Oct 13, 2014 11:25am

Fawad should wait and try to grab good projects. its again going to sonam centric movie ;)

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Gaurav Arya

Oct 13, 2014 12:49pm

Fawad, a piece of advise to you since you are new to Bollywood and India. People get typecast very easily. The second movie with the Kapoors and the Bollywood grapevine will already be saying you are from the Kapoor camp. Avoid this. Understand that both you and Sonam are not crowd pullers. While people obviously like you both, you don't generate the mass hysteria that SRK, Salman, Ajay Devgan or Hrithik generate. So its important for you to work with big names. This will give you a step up to super-stardom. And if you, by the grace of God, achieve superstardom like the Khans and Kapoors…then you would be more important than a small country. Imagine Amitabh Bachchan shutting down the Cairo airport for 3 hours or SRK creating a near riot at Hyde Park, London. You have looks, talent and capability to make it big. All you need is to be business savvy, humble to get dua of people and blessings of God.

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parishkriti

Oct 19, 2014 04:21pm

I love to watch sonam and fawad againin next movie .. Yippppppy the cuty and sweety khoobsurat couple work again in next project... All the best

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