Bipasha Basu in, Katrina Kaif out from Abbas- Mustan’s ‘Players’

The director duo, Abbas- Mustan who are making a Bollywood version of the Hollywood flick ‘The Italian Job’ were struggling to find the female lead for their flick for quite some time now.

After Katrina Kaif who ditched the directing pair for a Yash raj film and opted out of their ambitious project, the reports of Sonam Kapoor and then Sonakshi Sinha being roped in for the same role surfaced.

Now the latest buzz is that the dusky beauty Bipasha Basu is the new choice of the directing duo and she would be filling in the shoes of Katrina soon.

Film’s male lead comprises of Abhishek Bachchan, Neil Nitin Mukesh , Bobby Deol and Omi Vaidya. Soon, Bipasha will also be joining the sets of this remake titled as ‘Players’

Sikandar Kher has also been penciled in to play a very pivotal role in the flick. Talking about the project, Sikandar said, “Abbas-Mustan have written an awesome script that is different from the original. It is a smart and stylish package. In fact, it is going to be bigger than the original and will include some new characters. I am very excited to be part of the project.”