Katrina says,Bachna Ae Haseeno’ would’ve been one of the longest films in the history of Hindi cinema

Subhash K. Jha: Director Siddharth Anand says he knocked off the section of “Bachna Ae Haseeno” that was to feature Katrina Kaif because the film was getting too long.

“If we had kept Katrina’s portion ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’ would’ve been one of the longest films in the history of Hindi cinema - much beyond three hours.”

The director admits it wasn’t easy breaking the news to Katrina.

“Nobody had the heart to break the news to her. When she heard she was out, Katrina was really upset. What to do? In fact, Katrina’s track was one of our favourites, but she saw our point of view when she saw the film,” Anand told IANS.

Ranbir Kapoor plays the main lead in this romantic comedy and will be seen courting Bipasha Basu, Minissha Lamba and Deepika Padukone.

“The only reason we dropped the Katrina track was because it hadn’t been shot. Otherwise, she’s the biggest star we’ve in our film. Katrina has had only one flop in her entire career. Dropping her track had upset all of us,” he added.

For Anand, directing his childhood chum was inevitability. Not only are their parents close friends, but Ranbir and Anand also grew up together.

In fact, the two had made a pact that they would start their careers together. But then Anand got busy with his two back-to-back Saif Ali Khan starrers.

“Ranbir and I are like brothers. I know him from the time he was born. I’m shocked by Ranbir’s expertise in front of the camera. In my film, he’ll be completely different from the way he was in ‘Saawariya’. Ranbir is full ready on the sets. Superb energy and a great dancer.”