Richa Chadha joins 'Sarabjit' cast

Actress Richa Chadha has signed on to star in director Omung Kumar's upcoming biopic "Sarabjit", which sees Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Randeep Hooda in lead roles.
The 26-year-old actress, who is riding high on the success of "Masaan", will play Sarabjit's wife (Hooda) in the the film based on the Indian, who died in a Pakistani jail.
"Yes they have approached me and I will be doing it. However, at this point of time paper work is being done and I can't comment anything more. I have been offered the role to play Randeep's wife and I will sign on the dotted lines soon. It is an interesting role and can't wait to talk more on the same," Richa said in a statement.

This will be the actress' second film opposite Hooda. The two will be seen together in upcoming film "Main Aur Charles", also a biopic.
In the film, Aishwarya will play Sarabjit's sister, Dalbir Kaur, who fought for her brother's release from the Lahore jail but her quest ended tragically when he died in 2013 following a brutal attack by fellow prisoners.