Veteran actor, Anupam Kher was reportedly a part of Sanjay Gupta's 'Jazbaa', but now it emerges that the actor was never signed on for the project in the first place.

Confirming the news, co-producer Nitin Keni says, "We didn't come to a point where we signed Anupam. We were talking to him, but nothing materialised. There were issues with his dates as well."

Director, Sanjay Gupta added, "There were a lot of shuffling of dates from our end. Mr Kher has a busy schedule as far as films are concerned and also keeps travelling for his plays. He couldn't adjust the dates. So we had to lose the opportunity of working with him."

It is learnt that Jackie Shroff has stepped in Anupam Kher's shoes, who will be seen playing father to Siddhant Kapoor in the film.