Farhan Akhtar has finally found the leading man for his next, Voice From The Sky. It’s Akshaye Khanna with whom Farhan had teamed up with optimum creative satisfaction in his first directorial venture Dil Chahta Hai.

Saif who has also teamed with Farhan in Dil Chahta Hai and in fact acknowledges the film as a turning point, opted out of Voice From The Sky a couple of months ago. Revealing the change in cast Farhan says, “It is Akshaye Khanna. I’m confident. Both Saif and Akshaye are my buddies. I needed an actor of really good calibre, and at the same time sensitive sophisticated, a guy who seems extremely hard from the outside but is soft from the inside. Both Saif and Akshaye fitted the bill. Saif didn’t work out.”

Adds Farhan, “There’re many reasons why Akshaye works amazingly for the film. Akshaye is damn excited. He loves his role. And I love him in the role. It’d be great fun working with Akshaye again. Fortunately, all the actors I’ve worked with so far have been a pleasure.”