The Italian Job Remake: filming with Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor

The Italian Job Remake: filming with Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor: Abbas Mustan's remake of the Hollywood crime thriller The Italian Job started filming in Goa today, November 8.

The film headlines Abhishek Bachchan, Bobby Deol and Sonam Kapoor.

Sonam and Abhishek shared their excitement with their Twitter fans:

"In goa starting a new film.. Excited and nervous all over again.." Sonam tweeted yesterday evening.

"It's a new dawn, it's a new day and it's a new film!!! 1st day of shoot. Ok, I think I'll go faint now!! Nervous" Abhishek tweeted early morning today.

The film's unit was welcomed with stormy weather in the tourist hotspot, but the team was hard at work with the lead pair filming a dance sequence.

"Dancing with atjuniorbachchan both of us are trying to make our long limbs shake gracefully." Sonam tweeted in the afternoon.

The film additionally features Neil Nitin Mukesh, Omi Vaidya and Bipasha Basu.

It's an official adaptation of the 2003 heist film, The Italian Job, headlining Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron.

Abhishek Bachchan will play Mark Wahlberg's role and Sonam Kapoor - Charlize Theron's; Omi Vaidya will step into Seth Green's shoes and Bobby Deol into Jason Statham's; Neil plays the villain Steve's role, essayed in the original by Edward Norton.

The Studio 18 bank rolled film will be next shot in Russia and New Zealand.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wants Katrina Kaif’s name as her hubby's co-star

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wants Katrina Kaif’s name as her hubby's co-star: Aishwarya suggests Katrina Kaif’s name as Abhishek’s co-star in ‘The Italian Job’

Uptil now rumors have spread that Abhishek Bachchan and Katrina Kaif not share good vibes, and they are not excited to work together.

Gossip columns also mentioned that her husband prevented Aishwarya to work with Kaif. But the foot, all were closed after Bachchan Bahu recommended name of Katrina, when the creators of “The Italian Job” approached her in front with Junior Bachchan.

Previously had also recommended the name Aishwarya Priyanka Chopra, when the creators of “Dostana 2 ‘approached with her for the role opposite Abhishek. Is absolute professionals, these stars do it all no problem working with them.

Katrina has also confirmed that it has no problem working with Abhishek, either. “All these ridiculous rumors about me not working with Abhishek started when my dates for The Italian Job does not work, Dostana and 2 has been postponed.

Sonam Kapoor doing 'The Italian Job'

Sonam Kapoor doing 'The Italian Job': The twists and turns in the casting of The Italian Job Remake have all the strapping of a thriller, the latest being that Sonam Kapoor is back in the ensemble cast.

Sonam Kapoor

The film's director duo, Abbas-Mustan, had offered Sonam the female lead role and she had been ready to accept.

She backtracked when Pankaj Kapoor, the director of her under production film Mausam, gently reminded her that her dates for November, when The Italian Job Remake is scheduled to start production, were locked for Mausam.

Sonam's association with the film should have ended there and then, but didn't, because her father, who is also her de facto manager, decided to intervene.

Perhaps concerned by the way Sonam's films are bombing at the box office and fearful that film offers to her may dry up, Anil put in a word with Pankaj Kapoor.

A source close to the film now tells the Mumbai Mirror that Sonam is "very much doing the film. One doesn't know what transpired behind the scenes, but Sonam is back on board."

Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone were reportedly considered as female leads, but both turned the film down.

Abbas-Mustan don't seem to be having much luck locking in the female lead, but finalizing the male cast was a breeze. It includes Abhishek Bachchan, Bobby Deol, Omi Vaidya and Neil Nitin Mukesh.

The film will have only one female lead.

Sonam, who recently returned from vacation in New York with sister Rhea Kapoor, is currently filming for Mausam in Mumbai.