Amrita is Govinda’s Life Partner

Katrina Kaif was the original choice to star alongside Govinda in Rumi Jaffrey’s Life Partner considering their rapport in Partner.

But after Kat cited date issues, wannabe sexbomb Amrita Rao has taken her place.

The film stars Fardeen Khan-Genelia D'Souza and Tushar Kapoor - Prachi Desai as couples and that meant poor old Govinda was left without any loving. Director Rumi Jaffrey was very keen on having Katrina do a cameo alongside Chi Chi but Kat had already packed her bags for London and jetted off leaving them without any answer.

Thus Rumi turned towards newly turned sex kitten Amrita Rao to fill in her shoes; the director confirmed the news to the press, saying, ‘Amrita features in several scenes as well as a song with Govinda. If we had to wait for Katrina, it would involve postponing the release. This would mean that Life Partner would be pushed back considerably and perhaps not even be out in 2009.’

Over the weekend, Amrita shot her scenes at Filmistan Studios and when StarBoxOffice contacted her she said, “Yes, I did shoot for Life Partner, it was good fun with the others on the set and you should watch out for the film, it’s a complete laugh riot.”

Let’s not shortkut to conclusions, Amrita. What say?