Mumbai, Feb 26

Bollywood actor Abhay Deol was asked to take off his shirt for a scene in Zoya Akhtar's next film "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara", but he firmly refused to do so. The reason -- he has hair on his chest.

Zoya had asked him and Hrithik Roshan, who also plays a lead role in the film, to go topless in a scene. Hrithik obliged but Abhay refused to bare his chest, a source said.

"Abhay refused to take off his shirt as he doesn't prefer to shave his chest hair," the source told IANS.

"Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara" is a fun-filled road film shot largely across Spain and apart from Hrithik and Abhay, also seen in pivotal roles will be Farhan Akhtar, Katrina Kaif and Kalki Koechlin.

The film is scheduled to hit theatres June 24.