Abhishek Bachchan’s footie fever

After being votes as the hottest asian male, Abhishek Bachchan plans to take up a new profession - playing football. The film, titled ‘Jhoom Barabar Jhoom‘, will feature Chelsea stars such as Frank Lampard and John Terry. Abhishek is swapping acting for football. And the club he plans to join is Chelsea Fc, an obvious choice considering he has been its fan for a long time. In fact, abhishek was recently seen at Stamford Bridge in the UK, with Aishwarya rai in tow, where the clucb was playing against Chartlon and Liverpool. The film is about the life and loves of Rikki, a Chelsea fan living in London and going to watch his heroes each week. Role of Rikki is played by Abhishek Bachchan. Chelsea’s business affairs director Paul Smith said: “We are delighted to be involved in a Bollywood movie and we take it as a big compliment to be approached with this storyline and to be associated with this calibre of actors and actresses.” The film is shot in London this summer and features Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Preity Zinta, Bobby Deol and Lara Dutta. Source: ‘Times of India’ Newspaper and MSN