Abhishek-Ashwairya Dates Issues

It seems to be the season of health-based adjustments for Bollywood's
first-couple Abhishek and Aishwarya Bachchan.




First, an important schedule of Mani Ratnam's Raavan got postponed
because of the director's health scare. The last schedule is now
happeing in Kerala now.

And now the thriller tentatively titled Crooked, which Abhishek and
Aishwarya were supposed to start this summer, has been pushed to the
end of the year, again for health reasons.

Director Abhinay Deo was supposed to start Crooked immediately after
his directorial debut. However Abhinay who's just wrapped up Delhi
Belly for producer Aamir Khan has a seriousness illness in his family.
Deo's wife has fallen ill, and the director suddenly needed to take
time off to be with her thereby, throwing the entire Crooked schedule
off course.




The project could've gone for a toss considering how busy the lead
pair is and also considering the fact those huge amounts of date
adjustment would already be required for Mani Ratnam's film. The other
choice was for producers Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani to replace
the director. However showing rare and heartwarming solidarity the
producers and the lead pair decided to wait for the director to be
emotionally capable of shooting the film.

Hence, Abhishek and Aishwarya have readjusted their dates. The shoot
will now in Greece, Istanbul and Thailand at year-end.

Incidentally the film won't be finally called Crooked. It will be
given a Hindi Title that director Anurag Kashyap will suggest.