Monday, February 05, 2007

Celina, Zayed say goodbye to 'Hello'

Actor-turned-director Atul Agnihotri’s forthcoming project Hello hit a bump when Celina Jaitley and Zayed Khan walked out of the film.

The movie is based on author Chetan Bhagat’s famous book ‘One Night @ A Call Centre’ which is the story of six youngsters working on a night shift in a call centre. The film’s story is set in one night only.

Atul had previously said that Zayed and Celina’s roles in the film were tailor-made for them. But now the two actors have opted out of the project. Apparently, their departure was not prompted by any disagreement over the movie’s script or concept, but by date problems. Because the movie is set in a single night, Atul wanted to shoot the film in a single schedule to maintain spontaneity. But Zayed and Celina had other projects in their kitty and could not spare the required dates.

Now, Atull Agnihotri has replaced the two with Sohail Khan and Isha Koppikar.

Hello will have Salman Khan telling the story from the author’s perspective. The film is about a one-night conversation with God.