Imran to busy to do a cameo in Abbas Tyrewala's 1-800-Love

The director proposes and the star disposes! Abbas Tyrewala was keen that Imran Khan do a cameo in his John Abraham-starrer 1-800-Love. But theu00a0 Jaane Tu actor had no time for it. As a result, the cameo had to be scrapped.



Tyrewala admits, "I really wanted Imran for the cameo. I had conceived it specially foru00a0 him along with Genelia D'Souza as part of an engagement party."

Abbas was keen to include Imran in an ensemble song a la Karan Johar's cinema. "Those numbers where suddenly amidst a group of dancers an actor emerges. Like Kajol made an appearance in Kal Ho Naa Ho and Kabhi Alvida Nau00a0 Kehna. Likewise I had written a sequence featuring Jiggy (Nirav Mehta) who wasu00a0 the only character from Jaane Tu to remain single at the end of the film, and who dreamt of migrating to the US. I relocated Jiggy to London where 1-800-Love is located. That's where during Jiggy's engagement Imran was supposed to show up with Genelia. It would'veu00a0 provided a sense of continuity from my first film to the second."

Sou00a0 what went wrong?
Apparently Imran couldn't spare the dates to fly down to London.u00a0
Says Abbas, "The dates I wanted clashed with Imran's shooting of Delhi Belly. I certainly didn't expect Imran to take chutti from his uncle'su00a0 production to be in London. So weu00a0 scrapped the sequence."
Abbas however claims there's still much mutual affection between his Jaane Tu star and him.