The untried screen-pair was slated to be seen in Gaurang Doshi's Happy Birthday sometime next year. But now both the parties in the proposed new pair have shifted out to do a film for Rohan Sippy which will start early next year. What's more, John and Ash have taken director Sriram Raghavan with them.
Confirming these developments, Sriram whose says, "We're no longer working for Gaurang. That project Happy Birthday didn't work out. John, Aishawarya and I are doing a completely different project for Rohan Sippy."
Incidentally Abhishek and Rohan are best buddies and are all set to do another film together after Bluff Master.
"Yes," concedes Sriram. "But that's a separate project from mine. Abhishek isn't in my film. John and Ash are."
Sriram Raghavn's film for Rohan Sippy would be the first project to bring together the John-Ash combo. Soon after Suniel Shetty brings John, Ash and Abhishek together in Raaste.
Says Suniel, "The project got delayed because of Abhishek's dates, the wedding honeymoon, etc. So we lost the opportunity to shoot a particular race in Mexico. It happens just once a year. So we now have to wait till next year to shoot the race. But the project is very much on."