And not because of her male co-star. Mumbai Mirror has learnt that Vidya, after her successful portrayal of Silk Smitha in The Dirty Picture, is not too happy playing second fiddle to a male lead.

A close friend of the actress informed Mumbai Mirror, "Shootout At Wadala is a male centric film. The heroine has quite a lot to do in it.

But after The Dirty Picture, Vidya wants to avoid such roles." Vidya was supposed to play Manya Surve's girlfriend in the film based on Mumbai underworld.

Interestingly, Ekta Kapoor , the other woman behind the success of Vidya's last release will be producing Shootout At Wadala as well. And though people may think that the actress' refusal to work on the new project might have soured the relationship between her and Ekta, a close friend of the actress assured, "There is no animosity between Vidya and Ekta over Vidya's decision to opt out of the film.

They have decided to work together in the near future." "Vidya wants to work with Gupta.

She loves his style of filmmaking. It's just that she does not want to get lost in a project crowded with a lot of men.

It's just a natural progression in her career," added the friend. Vidya Balan and Sanjay Gupta remained unavailable for comment (less)