Jaitley claims signing Ananths film but..

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Posted: 19 years ago

Celina Jaitley

After walking out of Ananth Mahadevan's Aksar, Celina Jaitley claims she is getting back with the director for his forthcoming film (yet untitled) to be produced by Shyam Bajaj.

Now here is the strange part. Jaitley reveals that she has signed the film two days back but director Mahadevan refuses to acknowledge any such possibility.

Says Jaitley, "I have signed Ananth's film recently. I'm playing the solo lead but title of the film has not been finalised as of now." When enquired about Jaitley playing the lead the director says, "I don't think so."

The Aksar jhagda

Jaitley was the first choice for Aksar, which releases on February 3. The actress had even shot for a day before she realised that her dates were clashing with Jawani Diwani and Zinda. Mahadevan refused to accommodate her and Jaitely opted out and Udita Goswami stepped in.

Ananth Mahadevan

Says Mahadevan, "We had a watertight schedule, especially the outdoors in London and we couldn't accommodate Celina. We had to part ways amicably."

Adds Jaitley, "I was really hassled as I couldn't juggle around with my dates as I was pre-occupied with two films already. I'm glad that I'm working with him for his next film. Hope everything works out this time."

I have not signed her

But director Mahdevan has a very different version, "I have not signed her at all. I don't know who has told you all this." However, he doesn't rule out the possibility of working with Jaitley, "If there's any character that needs Celina we will definitely take her."

Mahadevan's next films

Mahadevan informs that he has two forthcoming films scheduled to hit the floors this year. He says, "The Shyam Bajaj film is a suspense drama again and we are trying to get Emraan Hashmi. But it's too early to talk about the plot. The second film is titled Naa Naa Karte, which is comedy based on a real-life incident.

It's a multi-starrer and I have finalised on the women actors—Dia Mirza, Juhi Chawla and Rimii Sen. I'm yet to cast the guys." The director further adds that Naa Naa Karte revolves around veteran actor Satyen Kapoo's real-life experience during his wedding on a weekend and the following week when he reports to work.