Abhishek will be “Crooked” with someone else!

As reported last year, Farhan Akhtar is planning his own version of Hollywood’s Bourne series. The film, to be directed by Abhiney Deo was all set to star Abhishek Bachchan and his wife in the lead roles; but now it seems Ash has dropped out due to “scheduling conflicts” (a legitimate reason but I felt the need to put quotations nonetheless).

After losing Ash, the team was forced to look for a replacement, and so they found another beauty queen to costar with Bachchan Jr.! It seems Akhtar and his producers were keen on finding a new face, and so they did, in 27-year old Sarah Jane Dias. Dias, who won the Pantaloons Femina Miss India World title in 2007, was a former Star TV VJ; and she is about to make her big screen debut in a forthcoming Tamil-language comedy. She confirmed the Crooked job indirectly, saying, “Yes, I did meet the filmmakers. But I can’t say anything more than that, because I don’t know. It’s up to them to confirm the news first and make the official announcement.”

The Crooked director added some further vague comments: “Only after everything has been finalised, in some days, the producers will give out the necessary information.”

I’m sure Ash is not hurting for work lately, so all the best to Sarah Jane, she’s been afforded the chance to share the screen with one of Bollywood’s top men! Hope this fresh face can deliver come opening day!