Priyanka Chopra: No 'desi' girl for 'desi' boy!

Actors Akshay Kumar and Priyanka Chopra haven’t been seen together on screen for a real long time now, so it would’ve been a casting coup of sorts had PC agreed to be a part of his forthcoming film.

Buzz is that the actor was approached by the filmmakers for a special item number in Rohit Dhawan’s upcoming film. According to an insider, apparently Priyanka was one of the topmost on the list of preferred actors for a special song in the film that was to be shot with Akshay and John Abraham.

“The filmmakers were keen on having Priyanka on board, as they felt that her tag of desi girl went with the film’s name and theme and even approached her for it,” reveals a source.

It is however not known if Akshay  or John were aware of Priyanka being approached for a song that finally got made with Bruna Abdullah. An insider insists that it would have made no difference to Akshay, even if he had known that Priyanka had been approached for the song.  “Akshay is very professional and we don’t think he would’ve objected to Priyanka doing the song,” the insider adds.

However, matters didn’t come to it, as Priyanka politely turned down the offer citing date trouble. “But this also led to speculation that Priyanka would be reluctant to do the song as she was she was linked with Akshay in the past. So, the filmmakers even offered her a song where she would not be required to shoot with either John or Akshay,” informs a source.

The shooting of the song, say insiders, would have required only two days’ time. “It’s certainly not something that could not be worked out, but apparently PC was too busy with her own music album. Though she did take time out for promotional activities with actor Shah Rukh Khan, there was no confirmation forthcoming for the song fuelling speculation that maybe the past rumours had something to do with it,” says another source, adding  that “the filmmakers are happy with the way the song has finally turned out.” A production hand says, “It would’ve been nice to have a desi girl for this movie, but we are happy with what Bruna’s done.”