According to sources it was a toss-up between Rani Mukherjee and Priyanka for the third item song with SRK in Billo Barber.
"But after Rani appeared on Salman Khan’s game show Dus Ka Dum and knowing there’s no love lost between Salman and Priyanka, the scales tilted automatically towards Priyanka, " says the source.
What Shah Rukh Khan wants Shah Rukh Khan gets. This, Priyadarshan realized as soon as he began shooting for Billoo Barber.
Says Priyan, "Since Shah Rukh plays a film star in the film I needed him to do some big glamorous song and dance numbers with some top heroines."
Priyan decided to stay completely out of the picture.
"I left the choice to Shah Rukh. I knew all he had to do was pick up the phone and ask any of his leading ladies."
One item song with Kareena Kpaoor was shot at the very start of the shooting.
"At this very moment I’m shooting a second item song with Deepika and Shah Rukh. That’s again a very catchy number and Shah Rukh is having a ball shooting it with Deepika, " informs Priyan.
Interestingly Priyan was supposed to launch Deepika two years ago in a film called Pirate. "But that didn’t work out. She made her debut with Shah Rukh. Now she’s working with him again. And I also got a chance to work with her.Don’t ask who’s the lucky one."
Now a third item song has also been finalized for Billoo Barber.
Priyan informs the third lucky luscious lady to shake with Shah Rukh would be Priyanka Chopra.
Though SRK has done item numbers earlier with Aishwarya Rai in Shakti and in Rakesh Roshan’s Krazzy 4, this would be Priyanka’s first item number.