Ash to sizzle in an item number again

Sajid Khan can’t stop beaming ever since Aishwarya Rai has agreed to do an item number for his upcoming film, Houseful, that stars Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone. Ash has already allotted four days for the shoot.

A source said, “Sajid Nadiadwala and Sajid Khan spoke to Ash about the song, which will be the promotional track of the film. It however, remains to be seen if the song will be a part of the film or will it be included in the end credits. All the actors of the film — Akshay, Deepika, Arjun, Ritesh, Jiah, Lara — will be part of the song and it will be shot in a grand scale with over 500 extras and about 200 dancers on a huge set which will be installed at Filmcity. Ash will shoot for the song after she finishes her schedule for Action Replay.”

Sajid had first approached Kareena for the song. “But the actress who was busy shooting for the Hindi remake of Step Mom, had no free dates,” added the source. This song will be Aishwarya’s third item song after Ishq Kamina and Kajrare.