By:
Subhash
K.
Jha,
IndiaFM
Tuesday,
September
18,
2007
Suniel
Shetty's
eagerly-awaited
production
of
the
global
espionage
thriller
Mission
Istanbul
seems
to
be
going
through
a
lot
of
casting
upheavals.
First
it
was
Bobby
Deol
who
opted
out
and
was
replaced
by
Zayed
Khan.
Then
Tusshar
Kapoor
didn"t
have
the
required
dates.
The
latest
rumour
doing
the
rounds
is
that
Sagarika
Ghatge,
Preeti
Sabarwal
from
Chak
De
India
has
been
signed
to
play
one
of
the
female
leads
in
Mission
Istanbul.
"Not
at
all," explains
Apoorva.
"I
don't
know
where
that
rumour
started.
Sagarika
isn"t
in
Mission
Istanbul.
The
only
female
lead
we've
finalized
is
Shreya
Saran
(who
was
recently
seen
with
Emraan
Hashmi
in
Awarapan).
The
other
girl
is
still
to
be
finalized."
So
what's
the
cast
of
Mission
Istanbul
so
far?
"It's
Zayed
Khan,
Suniel
Shetty,
Vivek
Oberoi,
Shabbir
Ahluwaila,
Shreya
Sharan
and
newcomer
Niketan
Dheer
who"s
character-actor
Pankaj
Dheer's
6-feet-something
son
and
quite
a
discovery,"
informs
Apu.
And
yes,
contrary
to
skepticism,
Abhishek
Bachchan
is
putting
in
a
guest
appearance
in
Mission
Istanbul.
"I
have
to
have
either
Amitji
or
Abhishek,
or
preferably
both
in
all
my
films,"
says
Apoorva.