{"id":589841,"date":"2026-09-04T10:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T10:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/589841\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T10:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T10:36:13","slug":"dragon-alia-bhatt-and-shahid-kapoor-not-part-of-jr-ntrs-film-rumours-dismissed-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/589841\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dragon\u2019: Alia Bhatt and Shahid Kapoor NOT part of Jr NTR\u2019s film, rumours dismissed | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/deepika-3.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Dragon\u2019: Alia Bhatt and Shahid Kapoor NOT part of Jr NTR\u2019s film, rumours dismissed\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> \u2018Dragon\u2019 features <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/jr-ntr\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jr NTR<\/a> in the lead role, directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/prashanth-neel\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prashanth Neel<\/a>, with Kannada actress Rukmini Vasanth cast opposite him. The film is reportedly being made on a massive scale. Speculation that Bollywood stars <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/alia-bhatt\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alia Bhatt<\/a> and Shahid Kapoor would be joining the star cast of NTR and Prashanth Neel&#8217;s highly anticipated project has now been put to rest.<\/p>\n<p>Jr NTR&#8217;s film not roping in Alia Bhatt or Shahid Kapoor<\/p>\n<p>As reported in Deccan Chronicle, there is no truth in these rumours. The makers haven\u2019t signed either of them. Shooting is expected to commence soon, but no date has been fixed yet. NTR\u2019s film is expected to be completed by February next year, after which Prashanth Neel will move on to \u2018Salaar 2\u2019. \u2018Dragon\u2019 is being made on a budget of around Rs 400 crore and is one of the most eagerly awaited films.<\/p>\n<p>Jr NTR&#8217;s shoulder surgery affects shoot schedule<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, NTR&#8217;s recent shoulder surgery has prompted the makers to rework the film&#8217;s shoot schedule. He is expected to take about two to three months to fully recover and get back to his normal routine, though work on the film is unlikely to stop entirely in the interim.<\/p>\n<p>Prashanth Neel to focus on \u2018Salaar 2\u2019 during Jr NTR&#8217;s break<\/p>\n<p>While NTR is temporarily off the sets, Prashanth Neel is expected to use the time to move forward on pre-production and other preliminary work for \u2018Salaar 2: Shouryaanga Parvam\u2019, his next film with Prabhas. Reports suggest, however, that \u2018Dragon\u2019 still holds precedence for Neel, with the film slated for completion before anything else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Dragon\u2019 features Jr NTR in the lead role, directed by Prashanth Neel, with Kannada actress Rukmini Vasanth cast&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[8030,156,56888,409,111,139,290425,69,98149,26779],"class_list":["post-589841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-alia-bhatt","tag-entertainment","tag-jr-ntr","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-ntr","tag-nz","tag-prashanth-neel","tag-shahid-kapoor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589841","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=589841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}