The directors were keen to have Kat as they had worked with her earlier in Race, but she ditched them for a Yash Raj project with Imran Khan.
Now the duo, who have secured the rights to remake the Hollywood flick, have Abhishek Bachchan, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Bobby Deol in the cast.
This will be Anil Kapoor's daughter's second outing with Junior B, with whom she was earlier paired in Delhi-6.