The latest buzz from Bollywood is that Hrithik Roshan has been signed by director Vidhu Vinod Chopra for his next film.The film, tentatively titled Yagna, is most likely to have feisty Preity Zinta in the female lead.

Earlier on Vinod Chopra had signed newcomer Vivek Oberoi, who played a hitman in Ramgopal Varma's Company, to essay the lead role in the film. However, Chopra changed his mind at the eleventh hour and replaced Vivek with Hrithik. Vinod Chopra had directed Hrithik and Preity together in his Mission Kashmir that fared average at the box office.