Farhan refuses to share screen with Abhishek

The Indian filmmaker, script writer, actor, the all rounder Farhan Akhtar refuses to share screen space with his childhood friend Abhishek Bachchan. The latest buzz is that Farhan has walked out of Rohan Sippy’s project.

Rohan Sippy has been decided that the film is to be made on three actors Abhishek Bachchan, Pratik Babbar and Farhan Akhtar but as Farhan opted out, Rohan has again started his search for the third lead actor.

Although, Farhan Akhtar was the first choice to play Abhishek's co-star. Abhishek Bachchan and Farhan Akhtar had to portray the same role which was based on Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor films that Javed Akhtar once wrote.

Rohan Sippy's hunt for the new actor ended with John Abraham with whom Abhishek Bachchan had starred in Dostana and Dhoom. Let's see whether their Dostana will work or Rohan has to find a new face again...

Abhi-Aish to be paired in Crooked

The film ‘Crooked’ produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani under the banner of Excel Entertainment is to be made in the same like Hollywood’s top spy based flick Bourne Identity.

The movie features Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Gunal Pag, Boman Irani, and Jimmy Shergill in main roles. The film's shooting will start in Mumbai on January 4, and it has a non-stop schedule of 40 days in Greece, Thailand, London and Istanbul too.

Abhishek Bachchan's upcoming movies for 2010 include Mani Ratnam's Raavan opposite Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Paa with co-star Vidya Balan. The star is all set to bang the silver screen with his outstanding performance.

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.