Mumbai, December 01: They might have been childhood friends but Farhan Akhtar is not willing to share screen space with Abhishek Bachchan. The actor, who was all set to be a part of Rohan Sippy`s film has now walked out of the project for reasons unknown.
The film that was to be made with Abhishek Bachchan, Pratik Babbar and Farhan is now short of a lead actor. Sources suggest that since Rohan was childhood friends with Abhishek and Farhan, he did not see this coming and is now desperately looking for a third actor for his flick.
Confirming the news a source told a daily, “Farhan was indeed the first choice to play Abhishek`s co-star. The on-screen partnering was patterned on those Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor films that Farhan`s father once wrote. Farhan declined the offer, much to the dismay of Rohan`s team, which hadn`t thought of anyone else.”
And even as Rohan and Abhishek are hunting for another actor, sources suggest they could have found their man in John Abraham.
“The problem with Abhishek-John is that audiences will immediately think of ‘Dhoom’ where again, Abhishek played an undercover cop, as he does in Rohan`s film. Rohan`s film is not a light bantering caper like ‘Dhoom’. It`s dark and does an expose on the drug racket in Goa which ends with one of the principal politician characters being exposed as the kingpin,” adds the source.
–Agencies