Kat eyes Madhuri's position
Katrina Kaif has a new ambition: She wants to fill the void left by Madhuri Dixit. Madhuri, the original dhak dhak girl of Bollywood, had the rare combination of oomph with serious acting talent. Exactly the kind of image Kat wants for herself. From being the quintessential glam doll, she has graduated to more serious roles.
And in London, where she is shooting with Shah Rukh Khan, she is displaying these ambitions to all and sundry, aware that the film can take her a to a different level altogether. "She personally has been shopping for accessories and clothes for the film. Katrina has envisioned her character and knows that she is the only one who can do justice to it. The song they are currently shooting in London will make other romantic songs in the industry sound and look mediocre," says her spokesperson.
We wonder what her contemporaries will have to say to that.
The new desi girl
Looks like actor Katrina Kaif's dream — to play the quintessential demure Indian heroine — is coming true in her film with actor Shah Rukh Khan
Sneha Mahadevan
Actor Katrina Kaif may have lived in London before she stepped into B-Town but she apparently always harboured ambitions to be a part of this industry. Ever since her first film, Kat has usually been offered roles that highlight her Anglo-Indian side, but she has apparently been waiting to play a typical Indian heroine for a while now.
A source close to her reveals this side of Katrina. "Kat is dressed in a western attire in most of the films she's done so far. They were the girl-next-door kind of roles. Most of her films did not require her to wear Indian clothes. But Katrina has been waiting to play the role of a demure, Indian woman and that is finally happening with her upcoming film with superstar Shah Rukh Khan. Kat has been shooting with him in London since a month now and is extremely happy with the way her role is shaping up. One particular song that has been shot has got her extremely excited," the source reveals.
Her look in the film is a little close to that of actors Sridevi and Madhuri Dixit-Nene. Katrina is a huge fan of their works and hopes to have a career graph like theirs too. The source adds, "When Kat got to know that a song was being shot, in which her look was to resemble Sridevi's in Chandni and Madhuri's in Dil Toh Pagal Hai, she took the extra effort to pay more attention to the look. She was so excited that she herself looked into the costumes and accessories for the song. She was also closely inspecting the shoot's progress to ensure she gave it her best shot. Considering her look was similar to that of two of the biggest actors in B-Town, she didn't want to leave any room for improvement."
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