Why Kareena's in Jodhpur too

By Subhash K Jha

By a strange co-incidence, Karan Johar, Kareena Kapoor and Dino Morea landed in Jodhpur on Friday morning at just about the time when Salman Khan was sentenced to 5-year imprisonment in the city.

"It's indeed strange," said Dino. "But stranger still is the fact that Karan and I have swapped places. We're here to shoot an ad. And no, I'm not acting in it. I'm the producer while Karan plays the lead with Kareena.

We've been joking non-stop about Karan getting to do something in his first starring role that I haven't done in all my years, namely play the lead with Kareena, though I've starred with Karisma in a movie."

The ad will have Karan and Kareena literally painting the culturally-rich town red.

Why Jodpur?

"It's a paint ad, and we needed to capture the vibrant colours in an bustling colourful atmosphere," explains Dino.

Apart from shooting Karan and Kareena plan to shop and look around the town if they get the time.

Karan's associate Tarun Mansukhani who later during the year will direct Abhishek Bachchan in a feature film for Karan Johar directs the ad.

"It's sad that my first foray as producer is coloured by Salman's sentence. Everywhere in Jodhpur there's talk only of that. Otherwise I'd have enjoyed my role far more as a producer," concludes Dino