News coming in suggest that TV Czarina Ekta Kapoor has finally zeroed in on the male lead for her upcoming season 3 of super hit franchise Naagin 3.

After names of Priyank Sharma and Kushal Tandon being tossed in the air, IndianWikiMedia has learnt that young and dashing Pearl V Puri has been signed as the male lead. Pearl earned accolades for his impressive portrayal in the popular series Badtameez Dil.

Furthermore, beauty with brains Karishma Tanna is also a part of the series.

“Pearl has been finalized for the role of male lead and Karishma will come in for a couple of episodes. She will die and Surbhi Jyoti will return in re incarnation form,” says a source.

As already mentioned, Naagin 3 has Surbhi and Anita Hassanandani in other prominent roles.

We could not solicit comments from Pearl and Karishma till the time of filing the article.

Naagin 3 will air on Colors.