First it was written that Madhuri Dixit was doing the item song in Ram Leela. Then they said it was Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
So a friend of director Sanjay Bhansali wants to know, “Was it going to be Sridevi next in the line of comeback queens who were supposedly making a beeline for the item number in Ram Leela?”
According to reports,SLB was “in advanced talks” with Aishwarya for the item song. Untrue.
Says a close friend of the director, “Sanjay has not even met Aishwarya socially, let alone professionally.He only met Aishwarya at Shah Rukh Khan’s Eid party. He hasn’t met her anywhere else.How could she make a comeback with an item song? It’s inconceivable! If and when she comes back it would have to be with something that befits her stature image and status.”
So then the question is, who started this rumour of Aishwarya doing an item song for Ram Leela?
“Search us,” says SLB’s friend. “Because we certainly didn’t. Even the latest rumours that Priyanka Chopra is doing the item song in Ram Leela are not true. Not yet. Sanjay is in talks with Priyanka Chopra. But she isn’t finalized as yet.To therefore suggest that Anju Modi is doing Priyanka’s clothes is akin to buying a cradle for a baby that’s not yet conceived.”
By Subhash K Jha