Amrita
Arora
has
been
dropped
from
UTV's
Season's
Greetings
because
she
got
pregnant.
The
actress
is
shattered
with
the
news
as
this
was
the
only
film
she
was
working
on.
Says
a
source
close
to
Amrita,
"UTV
was
to
complete
the
film
in
January
2009
and
Amrita
had
given
them
her
dates.
They
cancelled
the
schedule
and
took
fresh
dates
for
March,
then
April,
May,
August
and
finally,
September.
Each
time,
their
schedule
would
get
cancelled.
Till
October,
no
shoot
happened." Last
Friday,
she
bumped
into
director
Vicky
Chopra
and
asked
him
about
the
film.
He
told
her
she
was
no
longer
part
of
the
film
and
had
been
replaced
because
of
her
pregnancy."
The
mom-to-be
is
devastated
with
the
news!
She
told
Vicky
that
they
should
have
at
least
informed
her
about
it.
The
source
adds,
"They
kept
taking
Amu's
dates
from
January
to
September
and
cancelling
the
shoot.
She
had
even
told
them
that
she'd
shoot
from
March
to
May
as
the
bump
wouldn't
show
until
later
but
they
didn't
use
her
dates
then.
She
has
shot
for
the
film
and
had
10
days
of
work
left.
Now
her
part
has
been
edited
out
and
is
being
re-shot
with
another
actress."
The
first
shoot
was
in
Cape
Town
in
October
last
year
and
the
film
was
to
have
been
completed
by
January
2009.
The
delay
has
been
from
the
side
of
the
producers
but
the
actress
is
being
made
to
pay
the
price." Amrita
says,
"Yes,
I
have
been
thrown
out
of
the
film
because
of
my
condition.
I
wouldn't
like
to
say
anything
else."
Director
Vicky
Chopra
says,
"I
would
not
like
to
comment
on
it.
All
I'd
like
to
say
is
that
everything
is
under
control
the
way
we
wanted
it
and
shooting
will
begin
again
from
December.
It's
too
early
to
say
anything
else."
Vikas
Bahl,
Chief
Creative
Officer,
UTV
Motion
Pictures,
says,
"Yes,
Amrita
will
need
to
be
replaced
because
of
this
development
but
the
decision
is
totally
mutual
and
with
her
consent." But
Amrita
insists
that
she
was
thrown
out
of
the
project
without
being
informed.
Bahl
says,
"No
comments
on
that
as
we
are
sure
that
she
was
informed."
However
Amrita
maintains,
"No.
I
didn't
know
till
a
week
back
and
after
that,
what
could
I
say?"
The
story
of
Season's
Greetings
begins
on
December
30
and
ends
with
the
sunrise
on
January
1.
The
different
stories
culminate
into
one
crazy
New
Year's
party,
where
all
the
stories
having
travelled
differently
so
far,
become
one.
Nandana
Sen
and
Amrita
play
sisters
in
one
story.
Advocate
Purnima
Bhatia
says,
"If
Amrita
didn't
have
a
written
contract
specifying
that
she
would
be
thrown
out
of
the
film
if
she
got
pregnant,
then
she
certainly
can't
be
thrown
out
of
it.
A
pregnant
actress
can't
be
thrown
out
of
a
film
if
it's
not
part
of
her
contract
specifying
otherwise,
if
she
can
prove
that
she
can
continue
with
the
shoot
and
tell
them
she's
ready
for
whatever
role
they
will
give
her
to
do.
“The
producers
could
have
also
waited
for
her
for
six
months
till
she
delivered.
Since
it
was
because
of
the
delay
on
the
part
of
the
producer,
she
can't
be
thrown
out.
Amrita
can
sue
her
producers
for
specific
performance
of
the
contract
suit
and
ask
for
damages.
Also,
she's
not
the
main
character
so
the
script
can
be
altered
to
suit
her
changed
status
as
is
done
sometimes
on
TV.
Amrita
can
claim
that
she
is
still
ready
to
go
on
shooting
and
that
they
did
not
utilise
her
dates
when
she
gave
it
to
them."