Akshaye Khanna has reportedly replaced Abhishek in Venus´ yet-to-be-titled forthcoming film to be directed by Abbas-Mustan. Apparently, prior to this recent developement, it was supposed to have been supermodel Arjun Rampal who was to step into Abhishek´s shoes!

So why was he replaced? Brace yourself for the reason -: According to the rumor mills, Arjun Rampal was demanding one and a half crores! However, that is being carefully covered up by one and all, and Arjun´s friend, producer Ratan Jain states: "Talks are on with Akshaye Khanna, but we haven´t finalised anything as yet. And it isn´t true that Arjun asked for 1 1/2 crores for this film."

Well, well, not one film old and one and a half crore?