Turquotte is my mother's surname

By Subhash K Jha

There are many reasons why Katrina ko bahut gussa aata hai. Earlier this week a television channel went ballistic with an image showing her reaching out and hugging Ranbir Kapoor on the road.

The suggestive clipping had the channel wondering aloud what Salman Khan would have to say about Katrina's public display of intimacy.

Katrina is defiant and cheesed off. "Nothing. Why should he have anything to say about a scene from a film?

It's a scene we shot for Rajneeti on a street of Bhopal. Obviously some camera outside our unit shot and decided to up the channel's TRPs with one more scandal story. But it's disgusting."

Katrina sees this as a clear case of 'match'-mixing. "First of all it's illegal to shoot people without their knowledge. And then how can they pass off a shot from a film as a paparazzi scoop?"

Getting indignant Katrina says, "People can easily see I'm dressed for the character in Rajneeti. And am I so dumb as to indulge in a public display of affection with my co-star? Grant me more common sense."

The lady who's in Bhopal shooting non-stop with Ranbir for Rajneeti took off for Delhi on Tuesday to shoot for Vogue. She had to skip the music release of Salman Khan's Main Aur Mrs Khanna in Mumbai.

"Another controversy?" she sighs. "We're all busy with our commitments. And I'm also busy fighting off strange allegations."

Strangest of them all is the one that Ayesha Shroff shot off alleging that the surname given on Katrina's passport was 'Turquotte.'

"That's my mother surname, " is all Katrina will say before clamming up on the subject.