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The Aishwarya Rai-John Abraham jodi seems jinxed. They were to be paired in Karan Johar's Dostana. Rai opted out because she wasn't convinced about the part.

Now another project where John and Ash were supposed to co-star has fallen through.

Practically shelved

Sriram Raghavan's Happy Birthday, which the director described as an intensely romantic subject, has for all practical purposes been shelved. The film has a rather craggy history. It was earlier to be produced by Gaurang Doshi, then it passed on to Rohan Sippy. But then Sriram had not finished the script and Aishwarya's dates couldn't be worked out in time.

No time at all

Not she is busy with Shankar's Robot and then Mani Ratnam's film (starts in October) so it is unlikely that Happy Birthday will be made now or in the near future.

Sridhar Raghavan has now moved on to another project. "I'm now focusing on Agent Vinod which Saif will produce and star in. Hopefully, I'll return to Happy Birthday at some point of time. I love the subject. Ideally, I'd like to make it with the same pair."

But John and Aishwarya coming together now appears in the realm of the impossible. Meanwhile, John and Aish-warya's hubby Abhishek (in Dostana) are the hotter pair.