Although not officially confirmed by either debutant director Prem Soni or producer Sohail Khan, the buzz is that Sohail’s brother, actor Salman has called some of his long-time friends (and even those with whom he has buried the hatchet) to appear with him in Sohail’s next film – Main Aur Mrs Khanna. Who are the chosen ones? The envelope please … None other than Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone.

Salman and Shahrukh have been in several films before, though it has been some time. They played brothers in Karan Arjun (1995), rivals over Kajol in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) and with Madhuri in Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam (2002).

Preity is also a close family friend and is a regular at the Khan household. She and Salman have worked opposite one another in Har Dil Jo Pyaar Karega (2000), actually Shahrukh made a guest appearance here too, Chori Chori Chupke Chupke (2001) Dil Ne Jise Apna Kaha (2004), Jaane-E-Mann (2006) and guest appearances in Shahrukh’s home production Om Shanti Om last year. They will also be acting opposite each other once again, along with Sohail in Samir Karnik’s Heroes.

Being impressed with Deepika’s onscreen presence, Salman suggested her name to Sohail and Prem when they began the casting process.

Main Aur Mrs Khanna will go on the floors in March of this year. Kareena Kapoor plays Mrs. Khanna in the film and UTV Motion Pictures are the co-producers for the film.