Katrina Kaif is working with all the three Khans – Salman (‘Ek Tha Tiger’), Aamir (‘Dhoom 3′) and Shah Rukh (Yash Raj’s romantic drama also starring Anushka Sharma) – and now there might be more starry associations up ahead for the actress. Apparently, she’d been approached to star in Rohit Shetty’s next opposite SRK, but the twist in the tale is that Kareena Kapoor is also supposedly keen on the same role.

Kareena is, of course, a Rohit Shetty favourite, having starred in the ‘Golmaal’ movies. But Kat’s stock has risen tremendously after her consecutive hits (‘Mere Brother Ki Dulhan’ and ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’) and it is rumoured that she might be a better fit for the new film from the hotshot ‘Singham’ director. This new project is believed to be an action thriller.

Meanwhile, Kareena is currently celebrating the success of ‘RA.One’ in which she starred opposite Shah Rukh. Bebo and SRK are close friends, and he has admitted that she got the heroine’s role in his home production simply because she said that she wanted it. Priyanka Chopra and Asin had been considered for the part in the early stages of conceptualisation for ‘RA.One’.

So who will win this competition and star in Shah Rukh’s next movie? Katrina Kaif or Kareena Kapoor? Watch this space for updates.

Ever since actor Katrina Kaif has been confirmed for Dhoom 3, there has been much speculation about her donning a bikini for the film, as had the actresses in the previous two installments. But while, there’s no confirmation about Kat sporting the bikini avatar, insiders do reveal that she will definitely be seen showing off her a super-toned hotbod in the film. A source says, “She may or may not be wearing a bikini, but she will need to look her toned best, as the franchise is high on the ultra-glam looks of the actors as well.”

Katrina is well aware of it, but since she has been rushing from one film to another, she has little or no time left to actually concentrate on her work-outs.

According to a source, Katrina has been so busy that she has not even had time to enjoy the successes of her own recent films including Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and Mere Brother Ki Dulhan.

“She has been shooting back to back since the past several months now. But her role in Dhoom 3 requires her to look her fittest best and so she’s started working out during her outdoor schedules itself,” says the source.

However, an insider reveals that she is into light exercising and not heavy training. “Katrina wants to tone up her body for Dhoom 3, and luckily for her she is already in good shape. She anyways hates vigorous workouts or starving herself to acquire a lean body or look sexy, so she is just exercising regularly and going in for a healthy diet instead.”

The B-Town hottie had apparently started to work on her bod right when she was shooting with Salman Khan for Ek Tha Tiger in Dublin. “There too she would exercise regularly, eat loads of fruits on time, instead of starving herself and she has also been drinking a lot of water. She is trying her best to catch up on sleep as well,” informs the source, adding that apparently she has also been getting a lot of tips from Salman on the same. “Yes, Salman has advised Katrina to cycle and swim to tone up without hitting the gym to get an overall lean and well-toned body,” says the source.

According to an insider, “From now to that film, she is unlikely to get any time off for herself anyway, as soon after she wraps up Ek Tha Tiger, she’s expected to begin work on her film with Shah Rukh Khan,” says a source.

Interestingly, the film — which also stars Aamir Khan as the baddie — will be her fifth movie with Aditya Chopra’s production house.

“She’s become quite a favourite with the production house as she’s been signed on for four back-to-back films with them. Her professionalism of not letting her personal life interfere with her professional one is what seems to work in her favour too,” says an industry observer.

Professionally this could well be actress Katrina Kaif’s best phase as she has her hands full with projects with practically every actor in the industry.

The actress has signed a lot of films and is on an absolute roll but she hasn’t taken a break since a very long time.

Katrina is a self-proclaimed workaholic and takes pride in being one as well. She has been shooting for her projects back-to-back since the past few months, even as people around her have been asking her to take it easy.

A source close to her says, “Kat is very professional when it comes to her film commitments and is particular that she doesn’t upset any schedules. There have been times when she has gone out of her way to accommodate her dates for a particular film. She has been wanting to go to London and spend time with her sisters and family but then she hasn’t been able to find time for that at all.”

The source also adds that Kat who after completing the promotions of Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, flew to Bangkok for an ad shoot on the same day. After that she returned and immediately headed for her next movie shoot to Dublin. It isn’t just this year that the actress is flooded with work, she has three big releases next year with Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan, one of which she is currently shooting for in Dublin.

Why is it so that every second big budget film these days stars either Kareena Kapoor or Katrina Kaif?

About a year ago, this platform had been noticeably broader, including Priyanka Chopra, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Priyanka Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and Kangna Ranaut. The rest of these names still maintain their positions as the top names of Bollywood, but have been left far behind by the leading Queen B’s. Let’s see why this is so:

The ‘heroines’

The way Kareena Kapoor and Katrina Kaif are battling it out right at the top, one wishes that it stays so forever! With both ladies writing and rewriting records with their big-budget, over Rs 100 crore successes, its the top producers who are laughing all the way to the bank.

While Kareena is gaga with the laurels she received from the success of ’3 Idiots’, ‘Golmaal 3′ and ‘Bodyguard’ in quick succession, Katrina knows she is on the dot, with a chartbuster item number like ‘Sheila Ki Jawani’ and the good run of ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’ and ‘Mere Brother Ki Dulhan’ on the box office. She now needs a big budget hit like Kareena to reach to the top.

Speaking of future projects, both the actresses have several films lined up with the Khans. ladies have scored the cream However, when it comes to getting the top projects, both Kareena as well as Katrina are pretty much neck to neck. Both of them are enjoying a piece of each of the Khans. In the bargain, Shah Rukh Khan (‘Ra.One’, an untitled film with Yash Chopra), Aamir Khan (‘Dhuaan’, ‘Dhoom 3′), Salman Khan (‘Bodyguard’, ‘Ek Tha Tiger’) as well as Imran Khan (‘Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu’, ‘Mere Brother Ki Dulhan’) are enjoying the best of both worlds. Only Saif Ali Khan (‘Agent Vinod’) has placed his loyalities firmly with Kareena.

If you’ve signed on to play female lead in the third installment of Dhoom series, it’s not going to be cakewalk. Katrina Kaif is learning this fact the hard way these days. Katrina will not only act and perform stunts but also sing in the film!

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to cancel. “Katrina received an urgent return-to-duty call from Yashraj Films to not just learn some heavy-duty stunts but also exercise her vocal chords for her role in the sequel to Dhoom. She will need to undertake paragliding lessons and a full-fledged singing course for the project. Katrina has to go one up on the last Dhoom heroine Aishwarya Rai. That’s a tall order in itself,” a source told Subhash K Jha.

This is the first time Katrina Kaif will be crooning. She is also expected to sing in her Mere Brother Ki Dulhan co-star Ali Zafar’s album.

Katrina will star opposite Aamir Khan in the third part of Dhoom series. Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra will reprise their role.

Ex-lovers Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif are still inseparable. The couple might have broken up, but whenever Katrina needs help she always turns to Salman.

On her recent visit to London, when Katrina had trouble reaching her hotel before the premiere of her film Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, her ex beau-cum-best friend saved her day.

Problems started for Katrina after she landed in London from Abu Dhabi, where she had to attend a promotional event first.

The half-hour drive extended to one-and-half hours and Katrina had no idea how far was she from the hotel.

A source explained, “The driver of the car organised for her by Yash Raj Films turned out to be a novice who didn’t know the roads well enough. After being driven around for an hour and a half, Katrina got so irritated that she called for a taxi service. And while waiting for the other cab to arrive, she also called Salman to apprise him of her situation.” The actor was shooting for Kabir Khan’s Ek Tha Tiger at that time.

Soon after the other taxi arrived, Katrina hauled her luggage and headed straight to a hotel in South Kensington, where Salman was staying, revealed the source. She requested Salman to organise a car for her with a chauffeur who knew the roads well.

It is learnt that when she reached her hotel later, the representatives of YRF were profusely apologetic for the inconvenience caused to her.

“But Katrina had had enough and she was so upset that she didn’t want to use any transport being arranged by YRF for her to get to the premiere venue,” the source added further.

Unfortunately for Katrina, her troubles didn’t end there. It seems the team of Mere Brother Ki Dulhan reached over an hour late for the premiere. And also, the premiere didn’t go as well as they expected.

“Maybe it wasn’t promoted very well, so naturally the movie’s team was surprised that the crowd wasn’t as huge as they had anticipated. Since they had reached late, they couldn’t spend much time at the venue either because they had to catch a flight to Mumbai,” the source informed.

However, by the time Katrina reached the airport, the check-in counters for her return flight had closed. “Obviously, she wasn’t too pleased with the way her day was going,” the source said, adding that fortunately for her, help came in the form of her co-actor Imran Khan.

“Although he was returning by another airline, Imran helped Katrina secure a reservation on Oman Air, with a stop-over at Muscat,” the source added.

Bollywood’s lucky mascot Katrina Kaif may soon star in musician/actor Ali Zafar’s music video, thanks to a bet that took place on the sets of their last film Mere Brother Ki Dulhan.

The story goes that Katrina had promised co-star Ali that she’d star in his next music video if the film made a box office milestone…that day isn’t too far considering that Mere Brother Ki Dulhan has crossed the 50 crore mark .

Says Ali “I have a written consent from Katrina, along with a video recording on my phone, but I won’t pressurize her. If she wants, I’ll compose a song for her and we’ll record it next time we’re in Mumbai, probably in November for the MBKD success bash”

For Katrina Kaif, the singer/actor is willing to experiment with the song that promises to show fans a new side of her.”She’s a delicate soul. If she appears in my video, you’ll see a side to Katrina you’ve never seen before” adds Ali.

It’s always been the leading ladies who have worked their magic on the popular Dhoom franchise. First up, it was Esha Deol in Dhoom, followed by Aishwarya Rai’s green-eyed presence in the second instalment, and now Yash Raj Films (YRF) has signed girl-of-the-moment, Katrina Kaif, for the third movie in the action-adventure series, opposite Aamir Khan’s anti-hero.

Bollywood sources have spilled that YRF was initially on the lookout for a fresh face, but was unable to find the perfect newcomer to take on the lead role in the movie, which is so far slated for a 2012 December release.

“We even reached out to international talent, but were still unable to find someone who stood out,” says director Vijay ‘Victor’ Acharya.

But finally, it was Victor along with producer Aditya Chopra who decided to cast Katrina, fresh off the success of her recent outings in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, revealing, “Once we decided to go with a known face and not pursue the newcomer route, Katrina was the obvious choice for all of us,” adding, “She is someone who we all know will bring tremendous enthusiasm and commitment to the film. And the first-time pairing of Aamir with Katrina on the big screen will also certainly add value.”

And fans of the franchise need not worry as Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra will once more pop up in their now iconic roles of Jai Dixit and Ali.

Mere Brother Ki Dulhan has done well in the first week. After an all-India weekend net of Rs. 25.5 crore, the romantic comedy collected Rs. 38 crore in the first week, making it a comfortable earner. It grossed US $2.4 million in the Overseas circuit. For an investment of approximately Rs. 30-32 crore, the film will prove to be an overflow fare. Its chances in the second week have been bolstered by the cancellation of release of Mausam this week and lack of any other major opposition.

Salman Khan starrer Bodyguard faced a steep fall in its second week after a bumper nine-day first week. As against a net collection of around Rs. 115 crore in the 1st week, it managed Rs. 20 crore in the second week, taking its two-week total to an astounding Rs. 135 crore.

Bol is fair at multiplexes frequented by the gentry audience as it has found appreciation among that class. However, even it faced a big drop in collections in 2nd week.

Mummy Punjabi (English and Hindi dubbed) proves a debacle and is out of cinemas after a poor two week run.

That Girl In Yellow Boots managed to remain afloat at select multiplexes of the big cities in its 2nd week.

Aarakshan is out from most of the cinemas after five weeks. It will entail losses in the final tally.

Singham is also out from many cinemas after 8 weeks. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara has been discontinued from many of the multiplexes after a 9-week run.

Katrina Kaif took to the stage to shake a leg with 75-year-old-actor Dharmendra on talent show ‘India’s Got Talent’.

The actress, who was present on the show along with Imran Khan and Ali Zafar to promote their upcoming film ‘Mere Brother Ki Dulhan’, first took the stage to replay the famous suicide act that Dharamendra played in the cult film ‘Sholay’ and then danced with him to the ‘Dream Girl’ song. Apart from that, the episode witnessed Imran getting totally awestruck by participant Anchal Girdhari’s magical act and Ali jamming with the Madhavas and dedicating a song for Sonali Bendre, who judges the show along with Kirron Kher and Dharmendra.