Katrina doing Ayan's Movie isn't Official

Katrina Kaif believes in keeping her friendships with her men alive long after the romance is gone.

Constantly rated as one of the world's hottest women, Kat is also a very diplomatic person.

She is the one who actually initiated a conversation with Kabir Khan, making sure he casts her with Salman Khan in Ek Tha Tiger though her personal relationship with Salman is over.

Likewise now she is trying to ensure that she and Ranbir Kapoor (her other ex) also do Ayan Mukherjee's next for Karan Johar.

A source says, ''Karan has not signed Katrina for this project. In fact Ayan is currently in Simla writing the film. However Kat has got Ayan to make a verbal commitment to her and leaked out information saying that she is the girl that Ayan has chosen to team up with Ranbir so that all speculation on whether girls like Deepika Padukone and Anushka Sharma may make it to this project opposite RK Junior are nixed.''

Apparently Deepika is still very much in the running for this film; till Kat signs on the dotted line, one can never tell.

Also Kat's dates are choc-o-block reportedly. She has six to seven outdoor shoots with Salman for Ek Tha Tiger and in November she will start Yash Chopra's next with Shah Rukh Khan. The film also has a second leading lady.

Ayan also wants to go on floors this November. In which case Kat will have to juggle her dates diary quite a bit to accommodate this film. However Kat who sees it as a personal triumph that she is able to do two movies with her two exes is ensuring she finds her way into the Ranbir Kapoor project.

Incidentally Ranbir and Kat had not exchanged a single word after their break up a few months ago.

But a personal friend says, ''Both are now on talking terms. They started talking after three months.'' Guess it is all preparation for a normal atmosphere on the set if and when Kat signs Ayan's film.

Ex lovers Katrina Kaif and Ranbir Kapoor will be seen in Ayan Mukerjee's next, ending all speculation about the cast of the film. Over the last few months, there were reports that either his ex-girlfriend Deepika Padukone or his latest B-town friend Anushka Sharma would star opposite him. But now it's confirmed that Kat has bagged the Wake Up Sid director's project.

Says a source, Ayan was going back and forth about who to cast in the film. It was a very difficult period given Ranbir's relationship with Kat was on the rocks. They were going through a rough phase and it wasn't clear if they would want to work with each other immediately or take a short break. Ayan's heart was set on Katrina, but he was also considering options.

Meanwhile, we learn that Deepika Padukone was never in the running, even though she is very close to the director. So the much-awaited reunion of the ex-lovers will have to wait. The source reveals, Ayan wants to make a film with RK and Dippy but it isn't this one. There was confusion after he told a couple of people at a party that he wants to make a film with Deepika.

Adding that this has been one of the toughest decisions for Ayan, the source says, Anushka would have loved to do the film and had even told friends how excited she was about getting to work with RK. But things didn't workout and Ayan went back to his original choice Katrina. She has been finalised after a recent meeting between the three of them. This will be their third film together after Ajab Prem Ki Gajab Kahaani and Rajneeti. Pre-production work for the film will start in the coming months and there will be an official announcement regarding the casting soon.

Contributed by Tushar Joshi & Prithwish Ganguly