Now it's Saif's turn to become become a producer and like his good friend SRK, chhote nawab is also looking forward to cast Deepika 'Shanti' Padukone in a lead role opposite him.

The actor has already finalized a project titled ‘Agent Vinod', to be directed by Sriram Raghavan next year. In all likelihood, the film will star Saif's latest flame Kareena Kapoor.

But now, rumours have it that Saif is eager to start another film before ‘Agent Vinod'. The actor has reportedly been impressed by director Imtiaz Ali 's work in Jab We Met and has been discussing several scripts with him.

And Deepika Padukone, who made her dream debut opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Om Shanti Om, is under consideration for the lead role in the film.

Saif says the cast of the film will be announced once the script is ready.

On a different film, Deepika is all set to do a film with Akshay Kumar. The flick will be directed by Nikhil Advani and produced by Rohan Sippy.