A few months back, it had been reported that Bong bombshell Bipasha Basu has been signed up by Sanjay Gupta for his gangland flick Shootout At Wadala, in which she was supposed to play the love interest of Manoj Bajpayee's character Sabir.
However, sources now claim that former beau John Abraham, who essays the pivotal character of Manya Surve in the film, allegedly asked Gupta and the makers to drop Bips from the project. The reason- 'Action' Abraham was not too pleased when Basu hinted at infidelity on John's part during the days when they both were in a relationship. A miffed John then asked the makers to find a replacement for the character of Chitra, which was supposed to be played by Basu.
Shootout At Wadala dramatizes the first ever recorded encounter by the Mumbai Police when a squad of cops got in a gunfight with dreaded gangster Manya Surve and managed to shoot him dead. The film also stars Anil Kapoor and Sonu Sood, apart from other actors.
