Vicky Singh’s directorial debut Raaste seems to have gotten off to a bumpy start. The film’s first schedule in June has been postponed to October-November this year.

It is learnt that this is being done at the request of Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, who star in the film together. They have cited personal reasons for the shoot to be deferred to a later date.

Sunil Shetty’s Popkorn and Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Films jointly produce Raaste. Besides Abhishek and Aishwarya, the cast also includes John Abraham and Sikander Kher.

Race tactics

When asked about the deferred shoot, Ramesh Sippy of Balaji Telefilms, says, “Certain cast members cited unavailability in June, so we have now postponed it to October-November. The June schedule was supposed to be a short schedule in any case, so it’s alright.”

Raaste was launched in December 2006 at the GIFA Awards in Malaysia. A specially made promo was screened to drive home the point that the project was a road film with lots of cars and bikes. John plays a biker while Abhishek is to be a racing enthusiast.

“We were supposed to have an outdoor shoot schedule in Mexico during the racing season there, but there’s a racing event in October-November as well, so we will shoot then,” points out Sippy.

It is learnt that major chunks of Raaste will be shot abroad. Besides Mexico, it will also be filmed in Turkey.

No skin show

Besides the delayed first schedule, another buzz doing the rounds refers to Aishwarya Rai. Apparently, the actress expressed reservations about her styling in the film. Post Dhoom 2, she does not to seem keen to sport a dare-to-bare look in Raaste again.

When asked about this, Sippy pooh-poohs any such reservations. “That’s not true; I have not heard any such thing from Ash.”

Incidentally, Vicky Sigh has earlier assisted Farhan Akhtar.