Bipasha Basu Says Not ‘Doing’ Raavan Was An Amicable Decision Between Her & Mani Ratnam  Bipasha Basu |
Bollywood’s bootylicious babe Bipasha Basu, who is crossing her finger for multi-starrer comedy ‘All The Best, has snubbed the speculations that her role in Mani Ratnam's ‘Raavan’ was cancelled as she had been a threat to Aishwarya Rai and Priya Mani. She insists it was an amicable decision between her and the director.
Rumours were rife that her role had been cancelled after she posed threat for the other ladies of the movie.
"They were all rumours and only rumours. I am not a part of 'Raavan'. I was initially a part of 'Raavan' but Mani sir thought he couldn't do justice to my role... as to whatever he had promised me would definitely be in conflict with the actual story of the film once it is shot," Bipasha told.
"So he took a call instead of being in an embarrassing position later on. He decided to tell me that and amicably we decided that it should not be done...hopefully we'll work together soon. So now there's going to be no Mandodari in the film," she added.
The movie has Nikhil Dwivedi and Tamil actor Vikram in pivotal roles.
Bipasha was in the capital to promote her forthcoming release ‘All The Best - Fun Begins’, which will hit the silver screens on Oct 16.
“’All The Best' is a situational comedy and a total entertainer. It deals with a lot of mistaken identities, people lying and getting into trouble," Bipasha said.
"My character is called Jahnvi who is married to Ajay in the film. She is a straightforward girl who is trying to run her life and family by looking after a totally rundown gym. She cons people to join the gym by lying because by the looks of it, nobody wants to join it," she added.
"We also did a film together with Sanjay Dutt that was completed 50 percent, "Mr.Fraud" (shelved)," she said.
Asked how her co-star was as a producer, she said: "He is a very good producer. He in fact gifted me a Blackberry apart from giving me the money for the film. What's important is that at the end of the day he is a very good friend and a very good co-star.
"I've known Ajay for quite some time now. He is very entertaining and makes you laugh and he's a fabulous actor."
Bipasha says she agreed to do ‘All The Best’ after she realised it had the same essence as ‘No Entry’.
"I have done comedies before like 'No Entry' and 'Phir Hera Pheri'... And I really got the same flavour as 'No Entry' when 'All The Best' was narrated to me.
"I laughed throughout the narration and I thought if a film could entertain me so much on a narrative level, I need to be a part of it because I wanted to see it made, as it's hilarious," she said.
