sources had indicated that shahrukh khan, priyanka chopra and deepika padukone will be making guest appearances in the film whereas preity zinta will be appearing in an item number but nothing was confirmed as of march 2008. however, in june 2008, the latter confirmed the news to the media explaining, "...it's not an item song, really. it's an interesting cameo and i’ve agreed to be in the film because the director prem soni is a dear friend."