Dancing to Ash's tune

Vickey Lalwani

Payal Rohatgi (of Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai) has walked out of Samir Karnik's Kyun! Ho Gaya Na Pyar?starring Vivek Oberoi, Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai.

A steamy dance number was to be picturised on Vivek and Payal. Apparently, when Payal reported for the shooting, Karnik told her, 'The song will now be picturised on Vivek and Aishwaryaji. You will appear in the background. Aishwaryaji has liked the song so much that she wants to do it with Vivek.'

The dark half

After played a slimy character in the Abbas-Mastan's Ajnabee, Akshay Kumar will play a negative character in Satish Rajawde's Akhand. Akki is set to play a cruel jailer in the days of the British Raj.

Rajwade directed the acclaimed Marathi film Mrugjal starring Sachin Khedekar, Tushar Dalvi, Resham Seth and Bhakti Kulkarni.