Kareena Kapoor upset with Ramu
Kareena Kapoor is dumbfounded. She still can’t believe that Ram Gopal Varma has shelved the much talked-about film Time Machine, which he was supposed to make with Shah Rukh Khan and her in the lead. It was one of the films Kareena was banking on, at this point in her career. Although she has worked with Karan Johar and Farhan Akhtar, she has always wanted to work with Varma. Incidentally, when Kareena had been informed by her secretary that Ramu was making a film with Shah Rukh and was looking for the female lead, she had actually walked into Ramu’s office to claim the coveted role, one which Rani Mukherji and Urmila Matondkar were eying too. Kareena even walked out of Harry Baweja’s film, Love Story 2050, which is supposed to be the launch pad for Harman Baweja, to accommodate Ramu’s film.
Our source reveals, “Bebo was being paid nearly Rs 3 crore for Love Story 2050, her highest fee so far. When Kareena parted ways with the Bawejas amicably, she returned the signing amount. “I don’t want to reveal the amount but I have refunded it to Harry,” she had said. “Kareena was very excited about her film with Shah Rukh and Ram Gopal. So it came like a bolt from the blue when she read reports about Ramu shelving the film to concentrate on Sholay. Kareena was extremely hurt. She didn’t know what to do. She called Ramu from Vancouver, where she was performing at the Rockstar concert, to check out the news,” says the source. “Kareena is at a loss now. The actress can’t return to Love Story 2050 since Harry has already signed Priyanka Chopra for it. Kareena agreed to work for Ramu at half her remuneration as she was really looking forward to the project. She had even blocked her dates,” says the source.
Meanwhile, the source adds that most actors are disinterested in Varma’s Sholay. Even Urmila, Ramu’s muse once a upon a time who later had a fall-out with him and perhaps patched-up is clueless about the project. “All I know is that I am playing the role of Helen in the film. But I don’t know when Ramu plans to start it,” says Urmila. “Why don’t you ask him about it?” Today’s hotties Abhishek Bachchan and Saif Ali Khan have also walked out of the film, citing date problems. Looks like the perfect excuse. But what the people are waiting for now is to see when Ramu starts shooting for his film, considering he has yet to finalise actors to play the roles of Veeru and Basanti in the film.
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