By Subhash K Jha

Raj Kumar Santoshi who has had a number of false starts in 2011 is finally all set to start a new film. His new untitled rom-com featuring Abhay Deol and Sonam Kapoor goes on the floors from Feb 1.

When quizzed on details about the film Santoshi says, "It's in the same creative space as my Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani. Abhay and Sonam would be captured in a comedy of errors like Ranbir and Katrina, though this is a completely different script and has no bearing on Ajab Prem. "

However it is being whispered that Santoshi had planned this same film as a follow-up to Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani with Ranbir and Katrina.

Regarding the once-warring couple in Santoshi's new film a source says, "Anil Kapoor and Santoshi go back a long way, to Santoshi's Lajja. Anil was supposed to do Power with Santoshi in 2011. That project didn't take off. It was he who suggested to Santoshi that he do a film with Sonam. "

Abhay came into the project through Santoshi's long association with the Deols.

The cinematography of Santoshi's Abhay-Sonam starrer would be done by the ace-cameraman Ravi K Chandran.

Santoshi would be producing the film.