Kareena Kapoor in Toxic – ‘It all makes sense now’, exclaim netizens, as actress’ Koffee With Karan comment on Yash resurfaces

Fans of Rocking Star Yash were looking forward to the launch of a ‘Common Display Picture’ (CDP) for the actor’s birthday on January 8, when out of the blue came a report about a new casting development in the his next, Toxic. A source was quoted as saying in a Filmfare report that Kareena Kapoor Khan is on board the Geetu Mohandas directorial.

As soon as this news broke, a recent segment of Kareena Kapoor on Koffee with Karan rapid fire round resurfaced. Karan had posed a question a question to Kareena about which South star she’d like to be paired with the options being Prabhas, Ram Charan, Vijay Deverakonda, Allu Arjun and Yash. Calling them all fabulous actors, Kareena, though, wasted no time in saying that she is more of a KGF girl and that her choice, therefore, would be Yash. Kareena had a very knowing smile as she said she’d watched KGF and even did a playful sway while seated on the sofa. This bit is now all over social media with netizens proclaiming that it all makes sense now. Kareena was on the show only a month ago. Some netizens say the reports could be true, with one providing proof in the form of Kareena's Instagram account. Yash is among the 206 people that she follows.

Toxic: After Shruti Haasan, Kareena Kapoor Khan rumoured to be the second of three leading ladies in Yash’s film 

Fans who had been wishing for the likes of Sai Pallavi, Mrunal Thakur, Shraddha Kapoor, among others, to be a part of the project, are still holding out hope that one of them will be cast, given that it has been reported there will be three leading ladies in the film. As of now, Shruti Haasan, who sang the Toxic title announcement track, is the other name reportedly attached to the period film that is rumoured to be about the drug mafia in Goa. Besides the production house, director and leading man, the team has made no other official confirmation about the cast or crew yet.