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*Gullu Gupshup | *June 20, 2008 16:04 IST Sanjay Dutt *Top Emailed Features* <http://www.rediff.com/forwards.html> • Shreya Siren!-I <http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/jun/04sli1.htm> • The World's Sexiest Women!-I<http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/jun/06slid1.htm> • Dasavathaaram is spectacular<http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/jun/13dasa.htm> *Tell us* • Ask a question <http://qna.rediff.com/> *Advertisements* • DVD/VCD - take a pick<http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/click.cgi/www.rediff.com/textlinks.htm/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2102109_2094593/2102255/1?PARTNER=4&OAS_QUERY=null> • Building Construction - click<http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/click.cgi/www.rediff.com/textlinks.htm/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2102110_2094594/2102256/1?PARTNER=4&OAS_QUERY=null> • Advertise ur service here<http://adworks.rediff.com/cgi-bin/AdWorks/click.cgi/www.rediff.com/textlinks.htm/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/2102111_2094595/2102257/1?PARTNER=4&OAS_QUERY=null> ** <http://www.rediff.com/forwards.html> The last time we saw Sanjay Dutt [Images<http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=sanjay dutt> ] and Aishwarya Rai [Images<http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=aishwarya rai> ] Bachchan on screen was in *Shabd*. Though the film, directed by first-timer Leena Yadav <http://in.rediff.com/movies/2005/feb/01leena.htm>, was a flop, their onscreen chemistry worked quite well. Now, the pair will be seen again on screen, in Mani Ratnam's next. The film will also star Abhishek Bachchan [Images<http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=abhishek bachchan> ]. Incidentally, Sanjay was not the director's first choice. He had first chosen Tamil actor, Vikram. But he roped in Sanjay because he wanted a more popular face. Apparently, Sanjay accepted the film immediately when Mani asked him. He even juggled his dates, and walked out of a T-series's film to make way for Mani's film. The T-series film, a romantic comedy, was to star Sanjay opposite Kangana Ranaut [Images <http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=kangana ranaut>]. It is directed by Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru, who directed the Salman Khan-starrer *Lucky*. Here's something for the trivia lovers: There were rumours that Sanjay would star in Mani's *Aandavan* with Ash and Tabu [Images<http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=tabu> ] in 1997. The film was later directed by Rajeev Menon as *Kandukondain Kandukondain, *and Sanjay was replaced by Mammootty.