Kothari upset with Varma for promoting his newest protge, Jiah Khan; what's more, her role in an upcoming film is being reworked for the Nishabd siren
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| Jiah Khan |
The B-Town buzz doing the rounds is that James actress, Nisha Kothari has fallen out with her mentor Ram Gopal Varma. Sources claim that Nisha is upset with Ramu since he has been promoting his latest protge, Jiah Khan (Nishabd), much more than her.
Sources close to Ramu confirm that he is so enamoured with Jiah that one of his future projects, starring Kothari, is now in the Nishabd actress's kitty.
"Yes, Ramu is definitely keen on working with Jiah in more films. Even though they haven't signed another film, Ramu is definitely working with her in the near future.
As for Nisha, even though she's part of RGV's Sholay, things have turned sour between Ramu and her.
A lead role for one of his upcoming films was written specifically keeping Nisha in mind, but now that same role is being reworked for Jiah," says a source close to the Factory.
Signalling her exit
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| Nisha Kothari |
A source close to Jiah confirms that the actress is in talks for another project with Ramu, but is not willing to say whether she's taken over Nisha's role in the untitled project.
While Ramu insists this is not true, sources from the sets of RGV's Sholay confirm that as a result of his problems with Nisha, he has now shot a song with Sushmita Sen (originally meant for Kothari).
Now, it is learnt that Nisha is also unhappy with the way her role in Sholay is shaping up. "She wants to do a variety of roles and does not want to get typecast as the pretty girl next door.
In fact, Nisha is now sending signals to loads of filmmakers to get interesting roles," says a friend close to her.
Recently, Nisha sent messages to friends in the industry to find her a new secretary so that she could move out of Ramu's camp.
"Nisha is having problems because she doesn't want to get slotted as some one who can only work with Ramu. Her interest is to work with as many filmmakers as possible," adds the friend.
When we got in touch with Nisha, she refused to comment on the story, saying it wasn't true."
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