First impression is the last impression for many people when it comes to Katrina. Her first few movies created a mental image of an incompetent white girl that's being shoved down our throats by Salman cuz she was sleeping with him.
What we didn't know back then was that she's also hardworking, and really dedicated, drama free and a whole lot of other positive attributes that most of the other bollywood actresses lack. If there's such a thing called a learning curve in your acting career, in a culture completely different to one's own, Katrina probably comes with the most steep one.
I started off disliking her immensely and slowly warmed up to her as she continued proving herself over time and left her contemporaries far behind not just onscreen but with her class and eloquence offscreen as well.
She did the dirty on Deepika but I don't find that any more or less unsavory than what Deepika dishes out to others. I also truly think Ranbir was a Katrina fan and still is!
So .... if that makes me a "fan," kill me now!
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