They say, 'sometimes truth is stranger than fiction'.

And according to Director Jai Prakash, if you mix apna Bollywood stars into such strange truth, you get even stranger fiction.

Yup... the director, who last made a Manisha Koirala-starrer Market in 2003 is all set to try his hands at allegedly the most interesting feud of 2004, the Ambani saga.

Says Prakash, "Brothers feuding over property ownership issues is a common phenomenon among several families. My story, inspired by the Ambani household, uses the rivalry between brothers as just a backdrop. It actually concentrates on the wife of one of the brothers who seeks a divorce."

"The resultant chaos, and the emergence of fair-weather friends preying on their wealth, forms the crux of the film."

At the moment the filmmaker is busy giving the final touches to the screenplay but unlike Market he is doing ample research to make this pot-boiler look convincing.

"As part of research, I am currently speaking to people who are familiar with how the Ambanis conduct themselves in their personal environment," he tells.

What makes this Prakash's effort more interesting is his choice of actors. While he hasn't zeroed in on the actors to recruit to portray the Ambani siblings, he says, "For the female lead protagonist, a former actor who marries a rich industrialist, also touted to be Tina Ambani, I plan to approach Neha Dhupia or Mallika Sherawat."

With Mallika onboard and apt title Sauda - The Deal, the film is expected to ‘shed' some real light on the inner tussle between the Ambani bothers.