Just few days back, gossip mills ran rife that director Raj Kumar Gupta of 'No One Killed Jessica’ fame was planning a film with Saif Ali Khan in lead. It was also said that Raj Kumar Gupta was quite impressed by Saif’s recent work and he too wanted to do something different. The director who has serious dark films like 'Aamir’ and 'No One Killed Jessica’ under his belt now wanted to try his hand at comedy and hence planned film 'Ghanchakkar’ with Saif in lead.

It is now heard that Abhishek Bachchan might step in Saif Ali Khan’s shoes for this film. Apparently Abhishek smooth hand at comedy worked in his favor. Abhishek known for his successful comic streak and pun humor was considered as a better star to lead a film like 'Ghanchakkar’ which is touted to be a dark comedy.