Finally, all speculation about the female lead in Rohan Sippy’s Dum Maro Dum has been put to rest. Bipasha Basu will be playing the glamorous junkie from Goa opposite Telugu star Rana Daggubati in the film. The film’s remaining star cast has been finalised earlier - Abhishek Bachchan, Pratik and Aditya Pancholi.

According to a very reliable source, Rohan Sippy’s Dum Maro Dum (revolving around the drug racket in Goa) has finally found a leading lady - Kangna Ranaut. She is set to play a Goan junkie in the film.

The route to B-Town is a tough one, especially for southern superstars. Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna and Venkatesh tested waters in Bollywood but
Rana didn’t make much of an impact.

After remixing an old song, Sabse bada Rupaiya in Bluffmaster (2005), filmmaker Rohan Sippy is set to recreate another classic Dum Maro Dum from Dev Anand’s Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971) for his new film. The song created a sensation when the film released, making Zeenat Aman an overnight star. Incidentally, the title of the film is also Dum Maro Dum and stars Abhishek Bachchan, Pratik and Telugu star Rana Daggubati.

Confirming the news, Rohan says, “Yes, the title of the film is Dum Maro Dum.

Rohan Sippy’s new film will have the remixed version of the 1970s hit song, RD Burman’s Dum Maro Dum