This story is from March 30, 2008

New item, pleassss

PARAG MANIAR / TNN / Mar 30, 2008, 00:00 IST

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Rakhi has replaced Tanushree Dutta. It was heard that Nana Patekar, on the sets of 'Horn Ok Pleassss', passed a derogatory comment on Tanushree’s dress sense and that did not go down well with the actress.

doweshowbellyad=0; Tanushree Dutta (TOI Photo) More picsRakhi Sawant seems to be getting lucky with her growing number of item songs in films. After featuring in an item number in Krazzy 4, Rakhi has been roped in for yet another item dance in Horn Ok Pleassss.
Rakhi has replaced Tanushree Dutta. It was heard that Nana Patekar, on the sets of Horn Ok Pleassss, passed a derogatory comment on Tanushree��s dress sense and that did not go down well with the actress.
However, recently, producer Sami Siddiqui and director Rakesh Sarang approached Rakhi to fill in for Tanushree. Our source revealed, ��Siddiqui and Sarang met Rakhi on Wednesday night and explained their dilemma to her, and she immediately agreed to do the song. In fact, she has already begun shooting with Nana for it.��
When contacted, Sarang confirmed the news and said, ��Tanushree refused to attend the rehearsals and wanted to start shooting the song directly. She also insisted that the song should be picturised only on her.��

Without revealing any details, Tanushree said, ��Yes, there was an issue on the sets, but I didn��t want to take this to the media. Is there anything wrong with that? But the electronic media was adamant on getting bytes from me and in the fracas, my car was damaged. Moreover, if I wanted to throw tantrums, I would have thrown them on the very first day and not waited for the last day of the shoot. I rehearsed for five days for the song and was well prepared for it.��

Though Tanushree refused to comment on the issue, a source close to the actress revealed, ��When the filmmakers had approached Tanushree for the item number, she had not only confirmed the design of her costume, but also the dance steps for the song. But she was shocked when she learnt that the dance involved intimate touching, which was not acceptable to her.��
Meanwhile, when asked about the incident, Rakhi said, ��Rakesh Sarang felt that I was the right person for the song so I agreed to do it. I have great regard for Nana Patekar.��

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