{"id":543526,"date":"2026-07-25T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/543526\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T14:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T14:00:08","slug":"katrina-kaif-in-talks-for-spirit-after-deepika-padukones-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/543526\/","title":{"rendered":"Katrina Kaif in talks for \u2018Spirit\u2019 after Deepika Padukone\u2019s exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Katrina Kaif has become the key name in play as the makers of \u2018Spirit\u2019 reassess casting after Deepika Padukone\u2019s departure. Industry sources say Kaif is in talks for a high\u2011impact cameo, with the role positioned as a brief but strategic appearance.<\/p>\n<p>The discussions are active but not confirmed, and the makers are said to be weighing scheduling and narrative fit before moving ahead. Kaif\u2019s presence is being explored for its promotional value rather than as a full\u2011length replacement.<\/p>\n<p>If true, this will mark her return to Telugu cinema after nearly 20 years, following her appearances in \u2018Malliswari\u2019 and \u2018Allari Pidugu\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Katrina Kaif has become the key name in play as the makers of \u2018Spirit\u2019 reassess casting after Deepika&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-543526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}