Ghai immediately signed Madhuri for the lead in Uttar Dakshin and Ram Lakhan.
Cut to Anubhav Sinha who was all set to get Bond bombshell Caterina Murino for an item song in Cash.
"I realized I was wasting her presence in one item number," confesses Anubhav.
He has now signed Murino (who played the seductress Solange in Casino Royale) for the lead in his next film entitled Chase.
The slick action flick, which Anubhav describes as his last blast will be shot entirely in Italy.
" Chase will feature three new Bollywood actors, certifiable star material, whom I'm grooming right now opposite Murino."
Anubhav's production associate Aditya Bhattcharya who has a second home in Italy (Aditya is married to an Italian) is supervising all the pre-production details of what Anubhav describes as the mother of actioners.
"After Dus and now Cash I need to take the action genre further. Chase will be as far as it goes. Then I'm done with these slick flicks."