Santhoshi drops shahid from his fillm

Rajkumar Santoshi has decided to abandon Shahid Kapur for his next film and decided to take Ranbir Kapoor. Santoshi had announced the film with Shahid and Katrina Kaif some time back and he said that it is a romantic comedy. Sources reveal that it is now at the insistence of Salman Khan that the director has decided not to go ahead with Shahid at the head of Salman did not want to stars Katrina girlfriend in front of him.

The director said now that the Shahid-Katrina starrer has a history that is similar to that of Shahid's Jab We Met, which recently released and became a success and, therefore, there was no move proceed with the project. However, a source said that "Halla Bol director had earlier said that the film with Shahid-Katrina would be worked on soon. The scenario was ready for a long time and he was working on the dates for the film. When the news broke, Salman was shocked because he was not aware that Katrina has given its nod to the film with Shahid, with whom he did not share a good equation since the Rockstar Tour in 2006. "

Salman had asked him to leave the project and at the same time Santoshi also requested to choose another hero if he wanted to Katrina in the film. The renowned designer has decided to take her Saawariya collaboration star, Ranbir Kapoor as the hero, "added the source.