Both actresses were being considered for Akshay Kumar's next film

It looks like Parineeti's hopes of being cast opposite Akshay Kumar will not materialize any time soon. Akki is not yet ready to let go of his new favourite, Sonakshi Sinha. One hears that Sonakshi is apparently the girl cast opposite Akshay in AR Murugadoss's ‘Thupakki' and not Parineeti who was also in the race. Her spokesperson recently confirmed that she is indeed not doing the film. This news stems from the fact that both Akshay and Sonakshi saw the original Tamil action thriller together to get a feel of it, a few days ago. Sonakshi must be on cloud nine since this marks her third film with Akki since last year after ‘Joker' and ‘Rowdy Rathore'.

But what was the real reason why she got the role? A source suggests, "Sonakshi was quite upset with him when she wasn't considered as a strong contender for this role, despite supporting him during the ‘Joker' fiasco. In addition, she has worked with him twice and done a song for his home production ‘Oh My God!' So she assumed she would be considered as the lead for one of his biggest films of next year. One assumes that in order to keep her happy and for the sake of loyalty, he signed her on."