Deepika Padukone will be seen in the sequel of the movie ‘Race’, she has finally won the battle as she got shortlisted as the lead among many top actresses.

 

Tips Films Production helmed by magic duo of Abbas-Mastan announced it, the male lead in the movie are Saif Ali Khan, Anil Kapoor and John Abraham.

 

The cast of Katrina and Akshaye Khanna was killed in the 2008 ‘Race’, so the buzz related to it is still there as it's Bollywood and anything is possible.

 

Priyanka Chopra, Bipasha Basu, Kareena Kapoor were also considered for the role, but the final decision went in favor of Deepika.

 

Priyanka’s name automatically got eliminated as she is off to Berlin presently for the shooting of ‘Don 2’ and due to her pre-commitments she could not take time for ‘Race 2’.

 

Abbas-Mastan confirms the news about Deepika and says, “Deepika (Padukone) is on for Race 2. We’re yet to finalize two other girls for the film. We’ll announce the names as soon as everything is confirmed.”