PRIYANKA walks out of Bride Wars Remake

Producer Shrishti Arya's remake of Hollywood film Bride Wars, announced with much fanfare in September 2009, has run into trouble.

The original starred Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway playing best friends who are at war to get married on the same day and venue.

The movie has now been put on the backburner. Shrishti Arya is Bollywood filmmaker Goldie Behl's sister and was also the producer of Drona, a vehicle from the Behl camp that is considered to be one of Bollywood's biggest box-office disasters.

In the aftermath the Behl camp has been trying to regain lost ground. This might be yet another blow to it.

Shrishti's remake ran into its first hiccups when Katrina Kaif walked out from the project. Rumour had it that she didn't want to star in a film, which would also have Priyanka in an equivalently strong role.

It maybe recalled Katrina also walked out from Anurag Basu's Barfi (earlier titled Silence) after Priyanka came on board.

Another tragedy struck the film when Manish Acharya (of The Loins Of Punjab Presents fame), who was supposed to direct the film, fell off a horse in Matheran in December 2010 and passed away.

The latest update on the film is that Priyanka Chopra may not be a part of it. A source says, "The film was supposed to start mid-last year.

It's almost a year more now. Since it is so delayed, obviously dates ka problem to honewala hi tha." And fact is that Priyanka Chopra has a lot on her plate: Don 2, Agneepath, Silence and Krrish 2, to name a few.

When contacted, Shrishti said, "That film is all up in the air now. After Manish passed away I have been trying to get a new director. He or she will be finalized in the next two weeks. So the film is definitely going to happen. Let things fall into place."

Does Priyanka remain in the film, we asked. Replied Shrishti, "It's very difficult for me to say that. She has no dates for the next two years.

Let's see what happens." As of now, Shrishti is busy with a small film starring John Abraham and Chitrangada Singh. Let's hope that breaks the jinx.