Actress Amisha was to play the barber�s wife

Amisha Patel recently opted out of Priyadarshan�s latest film, Billo Barber which she had signed with much fanfare as she felt the size of the role wasn�t befitting her talent. The Shah Rukh Khan-Irrfan Khan starrer is a remake of the Malayalam film, Katha Parayumbol and revolves around a humble village Barber (Irrfan) and his superstar friend (SRK). Amisha was to play the barber�s wife. She felt that the film�s focus was the friendship between SRK and Irrfan�s characters. The latest rumour doing the rounds is that it was because of Aditya Chopra�s friendly advice that she backed out of the film.

Apparently, Aditya is a friend, philosopher and guide. She has also signed a three-film deal with Yash Raj Films so they want to make sure her career moves are just right and should not affect their future projects with her. Amisha�s desire to work with SRK is intact and the buzz is that in one of the YRF projects, she may just play his leading lady. And anyway, she�s doing a special dance number in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.

Amisha certainly seems to be giving her almost extinct career a new lease of life. Well, it definitely pays to be in the good books of a filmmaker who has one of the most viable production houses and boasts of hits like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Chak De in recent times.