By Jilawatan

Looks like things are finally turning straight for Crooked. That’s Farhan Akhtar-Ritesh Sidhwani’s next production toplining Abhishek Bachchan, under the direction of Abhinay Deo. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who had been reportedly finalised to play the female lead, eventually opted out due to date issues.

After her exit, the producers and director were looking for a suitable replacement. Apparently, Akhtar, Sidhwani and Deol mutually decided to look for a new face to cast opposite Bachchan.

According to our source, Sarah Jane, former Miss India (2007) has been confirmed to step into Aishwarya’s role in the film which is said to be inspired by the Bourne series featuring Matt Damon. However, when contacted, Jane refrained from confirming her presence in the film. “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,” is all she was willing to say for now.

By Jilawatan

Looks like all beauty queens believe Tamil Cinema is the best place to kickstart their film career! Almost every Miss India in the recent past has made her presence felt down South before embarking on her Bollywood journey.

Aishwarya Rai debuted in Iruvar and continued to appear in Tamil films on and off (Jeans, Kandukondein Kandukondein). Now she will be seen after several years in Shankar’s Rajinikanth starrer Enthiran.

Sushmita Sen too tried her luck in South Indian films. She appeared opposite Nagarjuna in Rakshagan. Priyanka Chopra too made her cine debut with the Tamil film Tamizhan opposite Ilayathalapathy Vijay and Lara Dutta appeared with Action King Arjun in Aarasatchi.

The trend still continues, not only with beauty queens, but even Bollywood actresses doing more than shaking a leg or two in South Indian films. We have seen Kajol, Tabu, Sameera Reddy, Bipasha Basu, Kangna Ranaut, Tanisha, Riya Sen, Neetu Chandra and of course Mallika Sherawat in Kollywood. And then we have Genelia and Tamannaah who debuted in Hindi but found name and fame in Telugu and Tamil.