Richa
Chadha's
upcoming
political
drama
Madam
Chief
Minister,
is
scheduled
to
release
in
theatres
this
week.
The
film
helmed
by
Subhash
Kapoor,
revolves
around
a
woman
who
battles
casteism
and
sexism
to
carve
her
own
space
in
the
world
of
politics.
While
we
already
got
glimpse
of
Richa's
acting
prowess
in
the
trailer,
you
folks
would
be
surprised
to
know
that
there
was
another
Bollywood
actress
who
too,
had
her
eyes
on
this
powerful
role!
According
to
a
report
in
ETimes,
Katrina
Kaif
was
interested
in
doing
this
film
and
had
reached
out
to
director
Subhash
Kapoor
to
consider
her
for
Madam
Chief
Minister.
The
tabloid
quoted
a
source
as
saying,
"She's
been
part
of
Prakash
Jha's
political-thriller
Rajneeti
and
was
looking
for
an
out-and-out
female-led
project.
So,
when
she
heard
of
the
film
Subhash
was
making,
she
recorded
an
audition
tape
on
her
own
and
sent
it
to
him."
The
report
further
stated
that
Subhash
Kapoor
wanted
Richa
Chadha
to
play
the
titular
role
after
watching
one
of
her
interviews.
"The
source
told
ETimes,
"He
thought
she
would
be
perfect
for
the
role
of
the
powerful
political
figure
around
whom
his
film
revolves."
Kapoor
had
already
envisioned
already
in
the
role
and
was
convinced
that
only
she
would
be
able
to
pull
off
what
he
had
in
mind,
he
decided
to
go
ahead
with
his
instinct.
"The
physicality,
look,
diction
was
all
very
integral
to
the
part
and
Richa
got
every
nuance
right," the
source
told
ETimes.
Coming
back
to
Katrina
Kaif,
the
actress
has
an
interesting
line-up
of
films
which
includes
a
horror
comedy
Phone
Bhoot
with
Ishaan
Khatter
and
Siddhant
Chaturvedi,
and
Ali
Abbas
Zafar's
female
super
hero
film.
Buzz
is
that
the
leading
lady
is
also
teaming
up
with
South
star
Vijay
Sethupathi
for
Sriram
Raghavan's
next
which
is
slated
to
go
on
floors
in
Pune
in
April.