After
the
debacle
of
Chandni
Chowk
To
China,
everyone
has
come
down
really
hard
on
director
Nikhil
Advani.
The
fact
that
Nikhil's
earlier
film
Salaam-e-Ishq
was
a
big
dud
didn't
help
his
cause
either.
While
Nikhil
seems
to
have
taken
things
in
his
stride,
the
media
and
gossip-mongers
don't
seem
to
stop
with
their
Nikhil-bashing.
Recently,
there
has
been
a
lot
of
talk
doing
the
rounds
that
Nikhil's
forthcoming
directorial
venture
Chand
Bhai,
supposedly
starring
Akshaye
Khanna
and
Vidya
Balan,
has
been
shelved.
We
decided
to
check
with
Nikhil
if
there
is
any
truth
to
this
story
or
whether
it
is
just
a
figment
of
somebody's
imagination.
"No
there
is
no
truth
to
this
story
whatsoever.
Chand
Bhai
is
very
much
on.
It's
just
that
we
have
pushed
the
starting
of
the
film
to
somewhere
around
July
as
a
very
close
family
friend
has
taken
ill.
You
will
hear
an
announcement
on
the
status
of
the
film
very
soon," says
Nikhil.
Well,
we
hope,
at
least
this
clarification
from
Nikhil
would
put
all
rumours
to
rest.
Story first published: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 9:21 [IST]