KATRINA KAIF'S LOSS IS DEEPIKA PADUKONE'S GAIN

Putting an end to all speculations, now it is confirmed that Deepika Padukone will be paired opposite Shahrukh Khan in his next home production HAPPY NEW YEAR. The film is directed by Farah Khan.

It was believed that Katrina Kaif was the first choice for the film, but due date problems she couldn't make it. Reportedly the actress has recently signed two film- Kabir Khan's next with Saif Ali Khan and Abhishek Kapoor's next opposite Sushant Singh Rajput.

For Deepika Padukone is like coming back to home, the actress who made her grand debut with Farah Khan's OM SHANTI OM and more than half a decade after her debut film, Deepika Padukone is pairing up with Shahrukh Khan again in CHENNAI EXPRESS.

As per the latest buzz, the film required SRK's heroine to speak fluent Marathi and probably, Katrina would have needed a long period of intense speech practice to sound like a prefect Marathi girl.

Katrina Kaif is currently busy shooting for her upcoming films DHOOM3 and BANG BANG, which will release later next year.

Well Katrina's loss is Deepika's gain!

BIKINI CLAD KATRINA CAUGHT WITH RANBIR ON THE BEACH

Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif might chose to keep mum on their relationship, but their latest images speak a thousand words! In the latest edition of Stardust magazine, Ranbir is seen along with a bikini-clad Katrina on a beach. It is believed that the pictures were clicked during their Spanish holiday earlier this month.

Says Ram Kamal Mukherjee, the editor of Stardust, ''I think falling in love is beautiful. Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif never admitted in public that they are in love with each other. But Stardust and my team from USA were constantly on the run for exclusive images and information. When we got these images, we were sure that the couple is very much in love with each other. Ranbir never spoke openly about Katrina, neither did Katrina admit that she is in love with Ranbir. But I guess these images will clear all assumptions and put an end to the speculation.

KATRINA KAIF - ONCE AGAIN WORLD'S SEXIEST WOMAN

Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif, yet again, tops the list of the World's Sexiest Women 2012 conducted by the largest men's lifestyle magazine - FHM, edging out her Bollywood contemporaries not to mention Hollywood stars like Megan Fox, Angelina Jolie and Blake Lively.

Dressed in a scintillating black number, the actress graces the cover of the latest issue of FHM having topped the list (based entirely on online polls and SMS) for the fourth year in a row, a feat no other Bollywood actress has managed to achieve so far.

The title for the actor comes close on the heels of being voted the kids 'most favorite actress' in a nationwide survey.

On the announcement says Katrina Kaif, "I'm really excited with the news since it means people are not voting for me only based on my physical looks. They are looking at me in entirety."

Ask the actress what 'sexy' means to her and quick comes her reply, "Being sexy isn't about the clothes... The sexiest thing is not trying. For me to wear a cotton sari, be without makeup and to still be desirable is sexy," adds Katrina.

Earlier this year, Katrina Kaif also made her way into the Verve Women Power List-2012

BOTH KATRINA AND VIDYA IN ITEM SONG

After Katrina Kaif's sizzling performance in Chikni Chameli, it's actress Vidya Balan's turn to take lavani to another level.

The news of Vidya Balan's first item song in FERRARI KI SAWAARI has already attracted people's attention. Vidya Balan will rehearse for three weeks to understand nuances of the dance form.

Director Rajesh Mapuskar says, 'Yes finally we have short listed and decided to do a Lavani song featuring Vidya Balan in FERRARI KI SAWAARI. Vidya too is extremely excited and would rehearse extensively for three weeks. Katrina's dance in Chikni Chameli has inspired us to do better.'

KATRINA WITH RAJNIKANTH IN A TAMIL MOVIE

If things turn out as planned, cine lovers down South would get to see the unique pairing of South superstar Rajnikanth with Bollywood’s reigning beauty Katrina Kaif in the forthcoming flick ‘Kochadaiyaan’.

The film will be directed by Rajnikanth’s daughter Saundarya and the movie will have Rajni sir play the role of a long-haired king who is a staunch devotee of Lord Shiva. Katrina will play the king’s love interest and the film will also have the two shoot for a romantic number composed by music maestro A.R.Rahman. The film will be made in 3D using the performance capturing technology used by James Cameron in the Hollywood blockbuster Avatar.

South is not a new arena for Kaif who has already worked in two Telugu films (Malliswari and Allari Pidugu) and a Malayalam movie (Balaram Vs Taradas). Kochadaiyaan will be her first Tamil film though, of course, only if she can manage to squeeze out some dates from the diaries of three Khans with whom she is currently busy with!!

ZARINE KHAN MOVING TOWARDS SOUTH

Zarine Khan has been a Salman Khan discovery as a lookalike of Katrina Kaif with whom he had a painful breakup. However, even with Salman as her Godfather, Zarine did not manage to make it big in Bollywood. So, the actress has taken an intelligent decision to move down Sotuh and she has even bagged in a plum role in a Tamil film, titled Karikalan where she will be seen opposite south star Vikram.

Vikram has already been seen in Bollywood with Aishwarya Rai in ‘Raavan’ playing her husband. In this Tamil Flick, Vikram plays a warrior on the lines of a gladiator. The promotional poster of the film shows him armed with bows and arrows against the backdrop of a lance-wielding legion.

Zarine Khan has a lot of action scenes in the film including a sword fighting one. So, the lady is all geared up for a gruelling training schedule.

KATRINA KAIF - PERFORMING AN ITEM SONG "CHIKNI CHAMELI" IN AGNEEPATH

Exactly a week ago director Karan Johar had announced on micro blogging site that Katrina Kaif will be performing on the item song, 'Chikni Chameli' in AGNEEPATH.

After a week's preparation, the AGNEEPATH team went on floor with the item song shoot on Tuesday.

With a Katrina Kaif item number for the Hrithik Roshan and Sanjay Dutt starrer, the hype for this 2012 mega star movie is expected to go bigger.

AGNEEPATH will be releasing on 26th of January, 2012, where 2 biggies of Bollywood would be battling for revenge on the silver screen.

DHARMENDRA - WANTS TO ROMANCE WITH PRIYANKA & KATRINA

If you thought Bollywood hotties Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra are only on the wish list of young actors then you'll be surprised to know even veterans equally desire to romance the two happening ladies on-screen. And one such actor who wishes to work with the two reigning actors of tinsel town is none other than the macho man of Bollywood Dharmendra.

When asked to the yesteryear icon which Bollywood hottie among the current lot he finds desirable and would love to share screen space with, he revealed, ''Priyanka and Katrina are best among today's lot. Wish they had been existent during my era. Koi aisi kahani mil jaaye Toh bada nasha aajaaye unke saath kaam karne mai (laughs).''

After beguiling a whole generation of actresses on-screen with his dazzling persona and striking performance in his heyday it would be treat watching Dharmji pairing up with the two leading ladies of B-town if it ever materializes.

KATRINA - KEEN TO WORK WITH AAMIR KHAN

Working with Yash Chopra is a dream for every actress and Katrina Kaif's dream is about to come true. As you might already know, she has been signed for Yash Chopra's next directorial venture.

Says the pretty actress, "It's a big honour for any actress to work with Yash Chopra. He is a legend in his own right. He and Shahrukh Khan have done many wonderful films together. I'm extremely excited about working in that film."

Ask her about what made her choose this film and she immediately replies, "All the three factors- Yash Chopra, Shah Rukh Khan and the script excited me to do the film."

Katrina has already worked with Salman in the past and will soon be working with Shahrukh. So will we see her working with the third Khan, Aamir too? "I'd like to work with Aamir. But there's no project that we are doing together right now."

Let's hope the project comes soon so that we are able to see Aamir and Katrina together for the first time.

SALMAN WITH KATRINA IN THEIR NEXT MOVIE "EK THA TIGER"

Bollywood superstars, Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif will now be seen in Yash Raj Films next movie, EK THA TIGER , especially in the times when they are no longer a pair in real life.

"The million dollar question is - 'Will they able to be pull it off in the film?' Despite being actors, it is difficult for anyone to be normal in front of the camera when there has been so much speculation around their personal relationship for all this while. Also, even on screen they haven't been dynamite either with YUVVRAAJ, their only true blue romantic tale, being a disaster," says a trade analyst.

Salman and Katrina had come together in MAINE PYAAR KYUN KIYA as well which was a success but then didn't have any moments of any on-screen chemistry being ignited as it was a comedy instead of being a romance drama. Also, their biggest hit together till date, PARTNER, had Kat paired opposite Govinda.
"Please don't bring in the talk about 'chemistry' without knowing what EK THA TIGER is all about. Do you even know what Salman and Katrina do in the film," says a close associate of the two actors when asked if he feels audience would be deprived of chemistry between the two.

He even grows on to throw a salvo, "A bad film like YUVVRAAJ couldn't have been salvaged by any actor, leave aside the two of them. It is the power of script that brings in chemistry and Yash Raj Films along with director Kabir Khan can well be expected to have done their home work well."

KATRINA KAIF IN LONDON

Katrina Kaif was in London recently. We are still not sure whether she was there for professional commitments or was she nursing a bruised heart.

A friend of the actress reveals, “She is heartbroken. She needed time to recover from the depression.
Her family’s concern was obvious and they ordered her home. Even before she left, she remained confined to her house.”

“The fact that both her relationships with prolific stars haven’t worked out “is hurting her to no end,” says the friend.

But Katrina maintains, “I was in London for an event of an airline I endorse.”

The actress returned on Tuesday and is shooting in Agra for Yash Raj’s Mere Brother Ki Dulhan.

KAREENA KAPOOR - BOLLYWOOD SEXIEST WOMAN

Bollywood actress, Kareena Kapoor has been named the sexiest woman by Stardust magazine.

Kareena beats actresses like Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra to win the title. The decision has been made on the basis of an extensive research and readers responses. The latest issue of Stardust magazine features the list of top 10 sexiest women.

Last year, it was Katrina who topped the list of sexiest women in Bollywood.

KATRINA KAIF IN "MAIN KRISHNA HOON"

Bollywood hot and sexy actress, Katrina Kaif will be seen in "Main Krishna Hoon" which is being produced by her long-term hairdresser Pomila Hunter. Her role in the film is going to be a cameo and will be seen in the second half of the flick. Katrina Kaif is said to have signed the film for free. Debutant producer Pomila confirms the news.


This is not the first time that such a thing has happened in Bollywood. Earlier Amitabh Bachchan appeared in the Bhojpuri film ‘Ganga’ that was made by Deepak Sawant, the make-up man of Big B’s for 30years. And this time, Katrina Kaif’s turn to lend her helping hand to Pomila.

Kat might not be with Salman Khan anymore, but in all likelihood it appears that the generosity of the superstar has rubbed onto the ex-of the hunk. So after doing a cameo in Shirish Kunder’s upcoming flick ‘Joker’ alongside the lead pair of the film Sonakshi Sinha and Akshay Kumar in ‘Joker’, she will be seen in ‘Main Krishna Hoon’ also.

GULZAR TO PEN A LOVE POEM FOR KATRINA

Bollywood most hot and sexy Katrina Kaif, who believes love is the most beautiful thing in the world, wants veteran lyricist Gulzar to pen a love poem for her.

“Nobody has ever written a poem for me. But if actually someone writes a poem for me, I think that will be very romantic,” she said at the launch of Pritish Nandy’s book of love poems Tonight, This Savage Rite.

Looking her best in an off white-knee length dress, Katrina, 26, surprised everyone when she said: “I want Gulzar saab to write poems for me.”

Gulzar, 74, who has written innumerable songs for Hindi films and has many poetry books to his credit, was present at the event and said: “Inshallah, I would write a poem for Katrina for sure.”

“Even though love is known to entail pain, disappointment, disillusionment, still I don’t want to be pessimistic about love. I would rather want to have a positive approach to love. I believe that there can be a happy ending, because love is the most beautiful thing in the world,” she said.

When asked about Valentine’s Day plans, she said: “I have no plans. I will be working on the day.”

KATRINA KAIF - MOST SEARCHED CELEBRITY IN "GOOGLE"

Bollywood most hot and sexy actress, Katrina Kaif is the most searched person in the world’s leading search engine, "GOOGLE". According to Google country head Vinay Goel, the most searched celebrity Katrina Kaif is more popular in Pakistan than in India.

YouTube became the fastest rising term in 2008 while Orkut and Gmail remained the most popular networking and communication properties for Indian users.

 Katrina Kaif told to media that it very nice to get included in the most searched for list as it indicates that the fans are enjoying her works in the movies.

According to Katrina, it is a very interesting change as Bollywood is largely male dominated and women come far behind. Katrina Kaif is not only the most searched for Bollywood celebrity, she is also in the list of fastest rising search item across categories in India.

The search engine, Google has published its year-end Zeitgeist, the tool which reveals what internet users are searching for. Goa, Kerala and Kashmir were listed as the top holiday destinations.

While developing the 2008 report, Google analyzed various aspects of the search queries to read out the minds of Internet users in India.

SRK AND KATRINA : BOLLYWOOD HIGHEST TAX PAYERS

Beating Akshay Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan became the number one tax payer in the film industry for the second quarter of the financial year 2011. The King Khan is paying Rs. 5 crore to the Income Tax (IT) department.

Akshay Kumar is now in second position paying Rs. 4.5 crore, followed closely by Aamir Khan who paid Rs. 4 crore to the IT department.

Pataudi son Saif Ali Khan and Kapoor khandaan prince Ranbir Kapoor share the fourth position by paying Rs. 2.5 crore each. Salman Khan paid only Rs. 2 crore compared to the Rs. 2.5 crore he paid in the same quarter last year.

Among the actresses it was Katrina Kaif who came out on top, paying Rs. 1.3 crore, followed by Kareena Kapoor, who paid Rs. 1 crore.

Hrithik Roshan paid a miniscule Rs. 50 lakh compared to the Rs. 3 crore he paid in the second quarter of the 2010 financial year. Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali gave Rs. 50 lakh this year compared to Rs. 25 lakh last year. Similarly, Vishal Bharadwaj gave Rs. 25 lakh against Rs. 15 lakh last year to the IT department.

SALMAN AND KATRINA IN AN ITEM NUMBER

Bollywood’s star couple Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif will be seen together in an item song in Farah Khan’s upcoming movie ‘Tees Maar Khan’.

Katrina was left in anguish when Salman made a public announcement of their separation. Much drama followed after this but both of them are apparently trying to patch up for the sake of the movie as both of them agreed to share screen space for the item number. The actress was seemingly finding it tough to recover from the Salman Khan episode so the news of doing item number with him, comes as a great surprise to many. The item number will also see the lead hero Akshay Kumar but the main attraction will definitely be the pairing of Salman and Kat.

Earlier, there was a buzz of Salman Khan doing item number for buddy Farah’s film but now it has been confirmed officially. Well, it will be surely a shock for Shah Rukh Khan, who has been known to be a very close friend of Farah. The choreographer turned director has turned friend to SRK’s all time rival and even signed him for an item number in her movie. According to a source, Salman readily agreed to do the item number when Farah offered him this.

Akshay and Salman will be seen in the opening part of the item song and Katrina will be joining them after a minute. The source added that there will be some frames in which only Salman will be shown with Katrina. It will definitely incite interest among the audience!

KATRINA'S KISSING MYSTERY

Farah Khan's Son Czar, who is 2 years old wants to kiss Katrina Kaif on her lips.

Talking about the kid's fascination with Kat, a source says, "Farah often brings her kids (Czar, Anya and Diva) to the set of her film Tees Maar Khan. Czar is a total brat. Farah often kisses him on his lips and he annoyingly wipes it off most of the time.

However, one day on the set, he was playing with Kat and she offered her cheek to let him plant a kiss. But instead of kissing her on the cheek, he kissed her on the lips. Now, Czar usually wipes off his moms affectionate kisses but he didn't do the same after plating a wet one on Kat."

Recalling the incident, Farah adds that it didn't just happen once, but twice! "The next day at rehearsals, he actually gestured to her with his hands and called her. And again planted a kiss on her lips! Till now, only I was allowed to kiss him on the mouth, but now he's taken to Kat. We think something is going on between them!"

HAS SALMAN BROKEN UP WITH KATRINA ?

Bollywood-Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif-have parted ways.In an interview to Headlines Today, Salman Khan confessed that he has broken up with Katrina Kaif. He also said that we were friends then for everybody, we are friends now. The actor was quoted by the channel as saying, "Koi cheez tootati hain toh isliye kyonki ya to different ways chali gayi hai, ya ek shakhs ki growth nahin hui, ya ek ne kuch aur path chun liya hai, ya sensibility samajh mein nahi aati, ya thinking galat ho gayi hain (A relationship breaks if it gets stretched in different directions, or one person does not grow, or the other person takes a different path, or there is some misunderstandingor they have grown out of love.)"

Salman was asked by the interviewer as to how he handles break-ups. To which he replied, "So there are different interferences, the parents perhaps... or the interference of anything," he said, adding, "it's just two people not getting along, something that obviously doesn't end peacefully. But if you can manage to stay friends, there is nothing like it."

Katrina however preferred to leave it to god rather than answering directly whether the two have actually parted ways. "I don't think any of us know the future. We always try and make plans and I have learnt from my experience that you really cannot make plans.