Bipasha Basu the dusky Bengali bombshell of Bollywood, has refused to work with Aftab Shivdasani in Sanjay Gupta's upcoming flick " Bread, Butter, and Cash" on the pretext of lack of on-screen chemistry with the actor. Arjun Rampal has replaced Aftab Shivdasani
in the film which is being directed by Meghna Gulzar. According to sources, the animosity between the two actors had started after the failure of their film Footpath (2003) at the box office. Since then, Bipasha has consistently refused to work with Aftab on one or some other pretext.
As a source close to Bipasha says, ' You will hardly see them together at parties. In spite of having worked in a film together, they are not quite friendly with each other.' However, Meghna Gulzar, who is directing the film, prefers to put it in this way, ' I don't feel it's auspicious to talk about the actors once the actors have signed their respective contracts.'
According to well informed sources, Bipasha Basu consider Aftab Shivdasani not big enough to work with her, and fears for the success of film if paired with him. It was for this reason that she convinced producer Sanjay Gupta to replace Aftab with Arjun Rampal.
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