Mumbai, Sep 29 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan was slated to play a key role in Jahnu Barua's second Hindi film 'Har Pal', but the dates proved to be the culprit. The Big B had to bow out and Dharmendra has now stepped into the part.

Barua, who earlier made the award winning film 'Maine Gandhi Ko Dharmendra Singh Deol">Dharmendra Singh Deol" src="http://www.india-forums.com/bollywood/images/uploads/dharmendra_big.jpg" align="left" border="" hspace="5" vspace="5">Nahin Mara', had even announced the superstar's name in an interview.

The film has Preity Zinta and Shiney Ahuja in the lead.

'I've just completed a stunning film with Amitji entitled 'The Last Lear'. It would've been great fun to work with him again. But Dharamji is adorable. I've done so many films with Sunny and Bobby. But I've never worked with him before. It's an experience worth cherishing,' Preity told IANS.