Jaya-Rani Shared Cold Vibes on the sets

Mumbai Mirror Bureau

We've got reports, from various quarters, that all was not well between Jaya Bachchan and Rani Mukherji on the sets of Pradeep Sarkar's film, Laaga Chunri Mein Daag. It all started when they were shooting in Varanasi for the film.

On the sets, Rani tried to be friendly with Jaya, but most often Jaya would return the friendly overtures with a cold smile. "It was evident that something was wrong between Jaya and Rani, although they pretended that everything was normal. Jaya was not happy about the fact that Rani would come to the location with her family and fool around on the sets," says our source from the unit.

Apparently Jaya would deliver her lines and sit in her corner of the sets, avoiding Rani and her family. "One day Rani invited Jaya to have lunch with them, but Jaya politely turned down the offer, saying that she didn't feel like eating. She went to her vanity van and ordered food from a five-star restaurant instead," says our source.

Rani and her mother tried their level best to bring the situation to normal, but nothing worked with Jaya. "Jaya is fond of Rani as an actress, but we really don't know what she has to say about her as a person. Although Rani has never misbehaved with Jaya or any of the senior actors on the sets, Jaya seemed to have some pre-conceived notions about her and deliberately kept herself away from her," adds our source.

Earlier, Jaya was not too happy about the fact that Abhishek and Rani were getting too friendly with each other. "In fact, Jaya was very upset when media started speculating about Abhishek dating Rani. This was one of the reasons why Bachchans kept Rani and her family out of the wedding," says a source.

We tried to get in touch with Rani, but she didn't respond to our SMS. Her mother Krishna, however, said, "Jayaji has been cordial and my daughter has no problem with anyone in this industry. People like to make mountains out of molehills here. We had no problem in Varanasi and now we are heading for Spain for the last schedule of the film."