There are no takers for Aishwarya Rai's Hollywood venture! Zachary Coffin has returned empty-handed, after approaching several Hollywood actors to be part of Windfall, his ambitions 30 million dollar project on the Bhopal gas tragedy.

No other actors have been signed on except Rai, who had volunteered to be the executive producer of this film that was announced over four months ago.

Rai has probably realised that the only way her Hollywood films will see the light of day is to co-produce them. However, Rai's secretary said, "As far as I know, only the synopsis of the film was sent to us. I can't comment on other issues since I'm not aware about them."

Coffin is also troubled by scripting problems. He had approached John Briley of Gandhi fame to write the screenplay but things didn't work out. He has now approached several individuals from the Hindi film industry to help him with the script. He hasn't met with a positive response.

Coffin is quick to justify why people think Windfall has failed to take off.

"The film will start only in fall, contrary to newspaper reports that it was meant to go on floor this April." He adds that he is on his way to Bhopal for the recce shoot. "Films get made quickly in India; it isn't the same in America," he points out. Though Coffin is confident of starting his film by the end of the year, he does not have much on paper to prove that.

Windfall tells the story of a young woman's search for her father, a plant manager on duty the night of the disaster. Rai plays the lead role of Jasmine Singh, an Indian-American born in Bhopal and raised in Beverly Hills.