Friday,
June
08,
2007
Since
actor
Abhishek
Bachchan
slipped
out
of
Rakeysh
Mehra's
autobiographical
Delhi
6
about
the
director's
growing-up
years
in
the
Chandni
Chowk
area
of
Old
Delhi,
speculation
has
been
rife
about
who
will
play
Rakeysh's
alter
-ego.
Names
like
Hrithik
Roshan
and
Akshay
Kumar
and
even
Siddhartha
from
Rang
De
Basanti
were
bandied.
The
director
denies
that
these
names
were
ever
considered.
"The
media
came
up
with
names.
They
knew
better
than
me.
The
fact
is,
after
Abhishek's
departure,
I've
been
re-working
the
entire
script.
Now
Delhi
6
is
an
entirely
different
kettle
of
fish
from
what
it
used
to
be
earlier." The
buzz
is
that
Rakeysh
now
intends
to
make
Delhi
6
as
an
international
English-Hindi
bi-lingual
featuring
newcomers.
Though
the
Rang
De
Basanti
filmmaker
doesn't
confirm
his
next
project's
international
ambitions,
he
doesn't
rule
out
the
fact
that
Delhi
6
could
star
newcomers.
"Yes
why
not?
The
important
thing
is
to
maintain
a
transparency
in
the
presentation.
That's
why
I
liked
Ganesh
Acharya's
Swami.
It
has
a
very
sweet
simple
'European'
feel
to
it.
It
doesn't
hide
behind
unnecessary
complexities."
Recent
Stories
Kangna's
got
serious
issues
Aamir
to
do
a
Salman