Deepika is reckoned to be from the Shah Rukh Khan camp, as she debuted in Om Shanti Om (2007), so producer Sajid Nadiadwala wasn't sure if she will consent to co-star with Shah Rukh rival Salman. But the young actress displayed professionalism and readily accepted the film. She said her dream was to work with Bollywood Superstar Salman Khan.

Deepika has just completed filming for Nadiadwala production, Housefull with co-star Akshay Kumar.

Interestingly Nadiadwala said, "We were very clear about not getting the original Telugu director as I don't believe in letting the South Indian directors do the Hindi remakes."

As to his reason for picking Murugadoss, Nadiadwala says:

"I loved Murugadoss' work in Ghajini and so did Salman."

Ironically, Murugadoss is a director from the South and did a fantastic job with the Hindi remake of Ghajini after directiing the Tamil original!

Kick (2009) is a Telugu action romance drama directed by Surender Reddy, starring Ravi Teja. Its a story of a man who loves challenges in life and does things to get kick out of them.

The Hindi adaptation will be written by Abhijat Joshi (Munnabhai and co-writer of 3 Idiots).

Salman has been very excited about Kick as the film has both action and romance, genres that Salman is good at.