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Vivek acts pricey with Benegal 
Five times National Film Award winner Shyam Benegal was in for a rude
shock when Vivek Oberoi acted pricey with him recently.
Sources from Benegal's unit claim that he met Vivek for his
forthcoming venture "Chamki Chameli". But Vivek insisted on listening
tothe script before giving the go ahead, which is the norm nowadays.
But after listening to the narration, the actor hiked his acting fees
from Rs 3 crore to 6 crore. "The success of Shoot Out At Lokhandwala
seems to have gone to Vivek's head. The price stunned Benegal and he
left without saying a word. The director is now working on casting
some other actor for the role. The film, which was to be produced by
Chetan Motiwalla earlier, is now taken over by Reliance Films," says
the source.
Earlier Benegal had announced "Chamki Chameli" with Urmila Matondkar
and Jimmy Shergill. Then Sanjay Gupta's White Feather Films took over
the production and changed the cast to Sanjay Dutt and Priyanka Chopra
in the lead. But due to the differences between Dutt and Gupta, the
project fell through.
Sources say that when Reliance films planned to produce the film
"Shyam" was keen to have Kareena Kapoor in the lead and had even
approached her. But due to date problems, the actress backed out.
Kareena was keen to work with Benegal as her sister Karisma Kapur's
film "Zubeida" with Benegal had won critical acclaim in the
past.
"Chamki Chameli's" script is about love, jealousy and betrayal,
inspired by George Bizet's classic Spanish opera Carmen. The story
revolves around the eponymous Chamki, a beautiful gypsy girl with a
fiery temper and is written by Shama Zaidi.
The film will have music by A.R. Rahman and lyrics by Javed Akhtar.
The shooting of the film will commence in October 2008.
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