Bipasha Basu is nearly out of the legendary director’s project

Bipasha Basu’s ingress into Mani Ratnam’s much talked movie ‘Raavana’. Now it is said that the lady is nearly out of the legendary director’s project. The sexy actress was roped in to play Raavan’s wife Mandodari.

Sources reveal that Mandodari’s character needed much space in the movie and is more dominating too than the other leading ladies, Aishwarya Rai and Priyamani , in the movie. Meanwhile, Bips is really upset over the news and said, “It’s heartbreaking but better than having my character being chopped or totally edited when lot of effort had gone to work out the role for this character.”

However, the director’s publicist stated that he did not want to any inequality to her role and he would see that they both work together next time. So one has to wait for sometime to see whether the Bengali Bombshell is really off the movie or not. For, it is said that either Mandodari’s character will remain in the movie or Bips will be replaced.

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Bipasha dropped the Mani Ratnam’s film Raavan

How refreshingly different it would have been to see Bipasha Basu playing Abhishek Bachchan’s wife in Mani Ratnam’s film Raavan. Alas! The casting coup wasn’t meant to be.

Bipasha, who was roped in to play Mandodari, the wife of the eponymous antagonist, has now been dropped from the project for the reasons not yet clear. Some sources claim Bipasha’s role was making the film too long. She was also supposed to shoot an elaborate item song. Other sources allege that Bipasha’s part was turning out to be digression in the film’s plot. And there are also some rumours claiming that the other actresses - namely Aishwarya Rai and Priyamani - were getting insecure of Bipasha’s presence in the film and therefore had her ousted.

While the rumour seems just hogwash, Bipasha is truly sad over having lost the chance to act in ‘Raavan’, even though she had just a guest role. The disappointment is all the more aggravated because the actress had even done dress rehearsals for her role.

However, Bipasha is taking consolation from the fact that Mani Ratnam, the master storyteller, has promised to work with her in the future.

Better late than never!

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Bipasha and Katrina that erupted when they did Race together

Last week Yashraj Films saw a very private very special screening of New York, by far John Abraham’s most important film to date.

Tongues began wagging attributing her absence to the feud between Bipasha and Katrina that erupted when they did Race together.

Said a source, “It is true the two aren’t the best of friends, to put it mildly. And Bipasha certainly doesn’t want to be seen anywhere near Karina, and vice versa. But this is her boyfriend’s most important film. And she won’t let her personal prejudices get in the way.”

Shedding light on her absence from John’s important day Bipasha says, “I couldn’t make it for that special screening.I was in Goa shooting. And there was no off day. It’s a crazy schedule out here in Goa, and quite impossible to get away.

We’re shooting the climax of All The Best with a crazy number of characters. You’ve no idea what it is like here. I barely get enough sleep and then I’m back on location. I’ll watch it as soon as I’m finished with this schedule in Goa.”

Bipasha has heard only good things about John’s performance in New York. “I believe John has done a fabulous job. Everyone who saw it says so. I don’t think I’ll be able to see it for a few weeks yet. There’s just no time. I finish in Goa at month-end and rush to Delhi. I’ll even have to miss my father’s birthday in Mumbai on June 30.”

Any regrets for not watching John’s best performance yet? “That’s okay. John has seen some of my films months after release, if at all, ” she chuckles.

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