Bipasha Basu signs film with Vivek
Feb 14, 2008
Bipasha Basu will be paired opposite Viveik Oberoi for the Hindi remake of the Tamil super hit, Thoodil. It was recently reported that many A-list heroines were not keen to act with Viveik and had been excusing themselves out of his projects. When Bipasha agreed to do the film opposite him, it came as a pleasant surprise to Viveik.
A source reveals, "Viveik and Bipasha have been finalised by K.S. Adhiyaman who had earlier made Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam with Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit in the lead. Adhiyaman had also directed the original, Thoondil, which was shot completely in London.
Another source continues, "It is said that heroines like Vidya Balan and Priyanka Chopra refused to be paired along with him for Ram, Rahim Aur Romeo and director Tushar Hiranandani's film since they didn't want to get on the wrong side of Salman Khan. The Salman-Viveik row is legendary. Since John Abraham is also in the bad books of Salman after their fight during the Rockstars tour, Bipasha doesn't care what Salman thinks."
Viveik's next release is Mission Istanbul with newcomer Shweta Bhardwaj opposite him.
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