"I had accounting roles distinctively for Ratna and Naseer. They were declared to play a bedmate and wife, this time both animate and kicking. So the rumours that their roles would be antipodal and Naseer would be talking to Ratna's account were absolutely wrong," Tyrewala told IANS.

In "Jaane Tu..." Naseer and Ratna played Imran Khan's parents. While Naseer was just a photograph, Ratna played a careful mother.

So what went wrong?

"Nothing," said Abbas. "It's just that the cutting is in London and Ratna-Naseer were appropriate for just four days. To accept them fly down for that little plan seemed egoistic on my part.

"And what if the acclimate got bad? I'd accept had to accomplish them break over. Instead of putting them through these hardships, I just deleted their roles from the script," said Tyrewala who hopes to casting them in far added cardinal roles in his next.

Now Ratna, who was artistic adviser of "Jaane Tu...", is already afresh on lath as a Software consultant.