Abhishek wanted to be alive in 'Dum Maro Dum' :

Abhishek Bachchan fought a losing battle with his director to keep his character from dying in Dum Maaro Dum.

If it was up to Abhishek Bachchan, his character in Dum Maaro Dum would still be alive. He wasn't too happy with the ending of the film and has conveyed this message to the film's director (and his buddy) Rohan Sippy.

A source informs, "Abhishek wasn't in favor of his character in DMD, inspector Vishnu Kamath dying in the film. He didn't think it was a good idea. Rohan, however, strongly believed in the ending and tried convincing Abhishek. He asked him to shoot the scene and told him that they would work out a different ending on the edit. Abhi had only seen the rushes and was upset on seeing the complete film."





Sippy states otherwise. "Abhishek hasn't told me that he is upset with the ending of the film. I don't think he should have any issues."

Was Abhi told about the film's ending? "Yes. He had seen the film several times. He saw the edits and the final copy," he adds.

He further says, "I stand by the ending and if anyone who feels that by keeping AB alive in the film we would have done better business, they should know that Game (where he doesn't die) collected Rs 4.5 crore overall and we have collected R 16.5 crore in three days. Even in Dilli 6, Abhishek had similar apprehensions about his character dying in the film. The ending was changed and his character was kept alive. And guess what? It didn't change the fate of the film.”

Sippy sounds right... What do you think guys?

Deepika is overriding Bipasha:

The leading lady being sidelined by an actress doing a cameo role in an item song, how can Bipasha Basu bare such a thing??? Well, buzz is that, Deepika Padukone’s item number in ‘Dum Maaro Dum’ is being perceived as the first look of the film. In fact the poster only has Deepika grooving to the number and no one else.





According to a source, “There were various debates about how the first look poster of the film will be made. Finally it was decided that rather than having Abhishek Bachchan and Bipasha Basu on the posters of the film it would be nice to have Deepika who features in the item song `Dum Maro Dum’.



When Bipasha learnt about the poster she was not very happy and called Rohan Sippy who explained his promotional strategy to her.” The film’s first teaser and the look has managed to grab the eyeballs and the controversies, in turn only bringing in more publicity before the movie’s release on April 22.