After going down to Sameera Reddy in Buddhadeb Dasgupta as-yet-untitled Bengali film, the rumours are abuzz that Bipasha will be playing second fiddle to Priyanka Chopra in producer Suneel Darshan's Barsaat.

But according to Darshan: "‘She's going to have a lot more character to her role.''

Ask him if means less oomph and he says, "You can't deny she's a very sexy actress. Usually she sticks to reds and blacks. But I've tried to give her a more colourful look in the movie."

Seems like John Abraham is not the only one who has found the beauty secret of the original sex-bomb of Indian cinema.

As for of Bipasha's departure from Buddhadeb's film, the sources say that several rounds of meetings to couldn't convince the actress to take up the assignment.

It was when Bipasha chose to bow out of the project Dasgupta approached Sameera for the title role and when she said yes he went on the record comparing Reddy to the late Smita Patil.