Actress Shruti Haasan has reportedly been sacked suddenly and has been replaced by Goan beauty, Ileana. Shruti was casted opposite Pawan Kalyan in "Gabbar Singh", the remake of the Bollywood blockbuster "Dabangg".

This comes despite the fact that Shruti was signed by producer Ganesh, who had even scheduled a 10-day shoot in Tamil Nadu. However, due to Pawan’s backache; the schedule had to be put off. In the interim, the production house had second thoughts about casting Shruti.

“Ours is a Rs 40 crore project so we preferred to approach a bigger league actress to stitch up a crazy combination and give a fillip to our remake,” says an insider. Apparently, Ileana was approached while she was in Hyderabad shooting for her film with Bunny.

“Yes, Illeana has been approached and she's trying her level best are to accommodate the project since it’s a big budget film but nothing is confirmed yet,” says a source close to the actress.