'Raajneeti' movie director Prakash Jha said that he "actually wanted to cast both Katrina (Kaif) and Priyanka (Chopra Jonas) together" in the movie "but Priyanka had other plans." Jha stated, "I had offered her the lead in Raajneeti with Ranbir Kapoor...for reasons best known to her, she decided not to do it." Movie also starred Ajay Devgn and Naseeruddin Shah.