Mumbai: Shilpa Shetty is no longer a part of Uru Patel's Hanuman, a Hollywood project in which she was supposed to play Sita opposite Keanu Reeves who was slated to play Ram. Sources are giving conflicting reports on the status of the project.

A source maintains: "Shilpa apparently asked for Rs2.5 crore for playing Sita which Uru wasn't to keen on paying. But Shilpa did not budge and so she could not be included."

Another insider says: "The news that Uru was making Hanuman and Shilpa was a part of it was doing the rounds since mid 2007 but there was no update on the project. When talks about the project started, Shilpa was then the winner of Celebrity Big Brother and riding on a huge wave of popularity in the West. So she was the best choice to play Sita."

Uru could not be contacted for comment but Shilpa's publicist confirmed to us that she is no longer a part of the film.