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Salman's my 4 am friend: Katrina
Wow, this is news! Katrina Kaif, who television channels and the media have gone hammer and tongs after over Salman Khan, was apparently the first choice as heroine for Dabangg! And, get this, Kat was recommended by none other than Salman himself. There's more.
The role in the macho star's future film Bodyguard that has gone to Kareena Kapoor, was also chalked out for Katrina. Again, on Salman's say so. But, BT learned that it was the ever practical Kat who honestly felt she wouldn't look convincing as 'Rajjo' — the village belle in Dabangg that Sonakshi Sinha was then finalised for. This is more or less the story with Bodyguard, as well.
Katrina, who cleverly declined from confirming or denying this information, said, "It is unfair to talk about a professional offer because someone else is finalised for it." However, she added, "Salman and I had a disaster in our last romantic film Yuvraaj. We had mutually decided then that when we do our next film, it has to be something different.
Not a routine love story." But what the actress was categorical about is the fact that Salman and she still share a very close and special bond. They talk to each other at least once a day. Their careers are managed by the same person and both are fully aware of the important developments in each other's personal and professional lives.
Katrina said, "Salman and I talk or message each other at least once a day. He is my 4 am friend. When I was hospitalised, Salman was very much around. If I'm missing for something important that Salman has organised, there has to be a solid reason for it. Like at this blood donation drive he organised in Mumbai when I had been diagonised with a blood condition myself and advised against giving blood.
When he had the Being Human show at fashion week, I flew in for a day from Chandigarh. Likewise, I know that if there is a script that both of us feel suits us the best, we will do the film without an issue." Outside of this friendship, neither Kat nor Salman wish to go on record about the status of their relationship. But the bond between these two actors who shared five-and-a-half years of their lives together, remains.
Wow, this is news! Katrina Kaif, who television channels and the media have gone hammer and tongs after over Salman Khan, was apparently the first choice as heroine for Dabangg! And, get this, Kat was recommended by none other than Salman himself. There's more.
The role in the macho star's future film Bodyguard that has gone to Kareena Kapoor, was also chalked out for Katrina. Again, on Salman's say so. But, BT learned that it was the ever practical Kat who honestly felt she wouldn't look convincing as 'Rajjo' — the village belle in Dabangg that Sonakshi Sinha was then finalised for. This is more or less the story with Bodyguard, as well.
Katrina, who cleverly declined from confirming or denying this information, said, "It is unfair to talk about a professional offer because someone else is finalised for it." However, she added, "Salman and I had a disaster in our last romantic film Yuvraaj. We had mutually decided then that when we do our next film, it has to be something different.
Not a routine love story." But what the actress was categorical about is the fact that Salman and she still share a very close and special bond. They talk to each other at least once a day. Their careers are managed by the same person and both are fully aware of the important developments in each other's personal and professional lives.
Katrina said, "Salman and I talk or message each other at least once a day. He is my 4 am friend. When I was hospitalised, Salman was very much around. If I'm missing for something important that Salman has organised, there has to be a solid reason for it. Like at this blood donation drive he organised in Mumbai when I had been diagonised with a blood condition myself and advised against giving blood.
When he had the Being Human show at fashion week, I flew in for a day from Chandigarh. Likewise, I know that if there is a script that both of us feel suits us the best, we will do the film without an issue." Outside of this friendship, neither Kat nor Salman wish to go on record about the status of their relationship. But the bond between these two actors who shared five-and-a-half years of their lives together, remains.
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