Who will play Katrina Kaif's love interest?

Katrina Kaif wants to get down to the Seeta Aur Geeta remake sooner than later. But most of the top heroes have no dates to spare, and really how many will agree to be a part of a heroine-oriented film. Apart from that, the leading lady has a double role. And even the title is about her! Not many A-Listers will sign on in a hurry.

While the wishlist consists of Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar, who are both not only fantastic in comedy but also have made hit jodis with Kat in several films.

Director Dibakar Banerjee may pursue these two actors to step into Dharmendra and Sanjeev Kumar's roles. However, both Khan and theKhiladi might not want to do a film where they have little to do at this stage of their career. Unless perhaps if both actors are billed as special appearance?

Says an insider, "Salman and Akshay idolise Dharamji and Sanjeev Kumarji, so why not? If those two superstars can sportingly play supportive roles to Hema why not these two? Salman has, in the past, done a supporting part in Phir Milenge although Shilpa Shetty had the author-backed role. And Akshay is doing Shaukeen remake which has three senior actors in title roles.

Says a source close to the actress, "Katrina is really looking for a role where she can have optimum fun without worrying about hair, clothes, dances, songs and youth-capturing accessories. She is keen to work with Dibakar. She was offered Dibakar's Shanghai. But she didn't want to do such a small role." It is learnt that the double role as played by Katrina would be very different from Hema. The serene-subdued-inhibited Seeta would be a dark, repressed character with suicidal undertones while the bindaas Geeta will be working woman in a corporate set-up, not a street dancer.