Project set to take off year-end
PS: He wants to repeat the Ranbir-Kat pair again...

After making several announcements about various projects on diverse subjects that never took off, Rajkumar Santoshi is now sticking to a romantic comedy yet again.

Buzz is that the director wants to team up with his Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani star Katrina Kaif for his new film with Ashtavinayak. He recently inked the deal with the production house for the comic caper.

Half begun
The filmmaker has a reputation for initiating several projects most of which don't see light of day. "But he and the producers are keen that this project rolls by the year-end. He tasted success with Ajab Prem... after his last few films did not do well. Due to which he is keen to make a film with Katrina again who is a lucky mascot for him" says a source.

The film will have two heroes and another actress.

Santoshi is currently in the UK and remained unavailable for comment. An Ashtavinayak spokesperson confirms, "Rajkumar Santoshi is directing a film for which work is in progress."

Whatever happened to...
Some of the projects Santoshi has announced in the recent past but never took off...
>> His version of a latter-day Ramayan with Ajay Devgn as Ram and Kajol as Sita
>> A film based on the play Jis Lahore Nahin Dekhya set in the backdrop of Partition with Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan
>> The Outsider, a crime thriller, with the Big B besides Ajay Devgn and Sanjay Dutt
>> A sequel to his 1990 film Ghayal with Sunny Deol
>> A historical on King Ashoka with Bipasha Basu and Ajay Devgn
>> Sequel to his 1994 Salman- Aamir starrer Andaz Apna Apna