Jobless RANI woos HRITHIK!

By Priyanka Srivastava, India Today

Hrithik Roshan seems to have found a new fan in Rani Mukerji. The Bong actress has been reportedly calling up friends to rave about Hrithik's performance in his new film, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara , and also recommending the film to them.

Among friends Rani has been calling up buddy filmmaker Karan Johar. In an industry where the grapevine is quick to generate gossip, this has given rise to speculations that Karan might be planning to produce a film with Hrithik and Rani.

Rani recently watched the film, and apparently liked Hrithik's role so much that she immediately sent him a text message raving about the film and performance. " Rani liked Hrithik's character in the film and also his flamenco dance moves. She called all her friends including Karan to discuss how well- crafted Hrithik's role was and how good he looked in the film," says a source.

The actress, who is 33, is right now at a stage where her career seems to be going nowhere despite a brilliant performance in No One Killed Jessica earlier this year and despite her so called closeness to Yash Raj Films' ( YRF) head honcho, filmmaker Aditya Chopra.

So Rani, who was last seen with Hrithik in the YRF- produced dud Mujhse Dosti Karoge in 2002, seems to be in the mood to reignite her ties with the in- form superstar. This development has come after the huge success of Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara , with the actress gushing about Hrithik and dropping hints on how she would want to be cast opposite him.

Hrithik, though, has moved on in his career and is cast opposite the younger lot of actresses such as Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra. But Rani wants to be cast opposite an A- list actor to regain the star status she enjoyed a few years ago.

Despite the lukewarm response to the Kunal Kohli- directed film Mujhse Dosti Karoge , the pair was appreciated for its chemistry.

But the actors never got together again.

These days, most actresses are trying to be associated with camps by bigger stars.

Priyanka has been slotted into Shah Rukh Khan camp after Don 2 and a cameo in RA. One . Similarly, Katrina Kaif has been associated with the Salman Khan camp. Sources hinted that as Hrithik slot is still vacant, Rani would want to fit in.

Let's wait and watch if Karan announces a film starring Hrithik and Rani.