Katrina cited other commitments so Amrita Rao steps in as Govinda’s partner

Katrina Kaif may have been Govinda’s ‘Partner’ in David Dhawan’s comedy, but she did not want to be his Life Partner in Rumi Jaffrey’s forthcoming film, produced by Abbas-Mustan.

It is learnt that the makers were extremely keen to have Katrina in a cameo opposite Govinda. The film has Fardeen Khan-Genelia D’Souza and Tushar Kapoor -Prachi Desai as the couples. As there was no actress with Chi Chi, they wanted to rope in Kat to add to the film’s

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Says a source, "She was approached and they waited for Kat for long who cited other commitments for her unavailability. As she had worked with Abbas-Mustan in Race, the duo wanted her to be a part of their production debut as well. But there was no reply from her and with the film’s release date set in August, they could not wait any longer."