If you are wondering whether Farhan Akhtar has a double role in "Karthik Calling Karthik", continue speculating for some time. The actor has refused to spill the beans on his role in the soon to be released film.

"All I can tell you is I play a lonely introverted character down on his luck, unsure and inarticulate. Everyone takes advantage of the guy I play," Farhan said.

He is quick to point out that he doesn't play a geek. "Karthik isn't a geek. Something happened in his childhood to make him the way he is. This guy is just an introvert."

The other day Buzz18 carried a story about how Ranbir has been being roped in for Aparna Sen's Hindi directorial debut, Gulel. Now a little birdie tells me Farhan Akhtar too has been taken on board.

The film was to go on floors earlier with Ajay Devgan playing a Bihari assassin and his target played by Saif, a Parsi. But then Ajay chickened out and Saif too walked out of the project. Finally, Konkona managed to ignite interest in her Wake Up Sid co-star Ranbir Kapoor to do her mom's project. [Ranbir in Aparna Sen's Gulel?] Ranbir being almost confirmed, Aparna perhaps thought she needed a more yuppie actor to take Saif's place and Farhan's name came to her mind.

We have been hearing that the filmmakers choose the stars because they fit to the characters. But this proves to be wrong. They star the actors (many a time) upon the market
value. This happened on the project of the filmmaker Sudhir Mishra, who is making his Devdas. He hired Shiney Ahuja as Devdas along with Lara Dutta and Chitrangda Singh. But later found that Shiney is not the actor, the film can sell in the market. So finally throw him out of the cast and instead took Farhan Akhtar as Devdas.

After pairing with the top stars of Bollywood, Deepika’s decision to be Farhan’s heroine may come as a surprise.

Deepika Padukone is being sought by Excel Entertainment, the banner of Farhan Akhtar and his good friend Ritesh Sidhwani , for a movie called Kartik Calling Kartik . The film, to be directed by a first timer, will have Farhan playing the leading man.

Hello! It's Karthik Calling Karthik for Deepika and Farhan. The director-turned-actor-turned-singer will team up with Chandni Chowk girl Deepika Padukone for Karthik Calling Karthik to be directed by debutant Vijay Lalwani.