Katrina Kaif unites with Abhishek Bachchan....!!!!! ?????

   

Abhi 'defies' Ash diktat to act with Kat

Bollywood is all set to see an interesting on-screen pairing when Katrina Kaif unites with Abhishek Bachchan in Rajkumar Santoshi's upcoming romantic comedy.

Bollywood is all set to see an interesting on-screen pairing when Katrina Kaif unites with Abhishek Bachchan in Rajkumar Santoshi's upcoming romantic comedy.

The teaming of the two stars has raised eyebrows because the buzz has all along suggested that Abhishek - on the advice of wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who is Katrina's arch rival - by and large avoided working with the Tees Maar Khan star.

Katrina and Abhishek had shared screen space briefly in Ram Gopal Varma's Sarkar , but that was a good five years ago and before Abhi- Ash became a couple.

Industry insiders believe Ash has no other option but to allow Abhishek to work with Kat as he is reeling under consecutive flops - of Raavan and Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey . "No one can deny that Katrina is the number one female star right now. How long can Abhishek decline a movie with Katrina despite Ash's reservations?" asks a trade analyst.

Abhishek's last hit was Paa in 2009, but the success of the film was credited to his dad Amitabh Bachchan's National Award- winning performance. Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey , directed by Ashutosh Gowariker and co- starring Deepika Padukone , also sank without a trace.

In the past, Ash reportedly wanted Abhishek to avoid Karan Johar's Dostana 2 as the filmmaker was keen to cast Kat in the film. Although Dostana 2 was announced a while ago, the production has not made much progress.

Santoshi, on the other hand, does not wish to waste time over starting his project.

He was always keen to cast Katrina after the bumper success of his last release, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani . " Abhishek will risk losing out on an offer to star with Kat in a rom- com by Santoshi ( if he listens to Ash)," says a source.

Katrina reportedly also rubbed the Bachchans the wrong way when she opted out of Abbas- Mustan's Players , starring Abhishek. The rumour goes she didn't want work with the actor after the failure of Raavan . Katrina's rivalry with Ash goes back sometime. To start with, Ash lost a jewellery endorsement deal to Katrina, followed by the much- hyped Barbie doll contract. Later, a famous soap brand too signed up Kat despite Aishwarya - along with hubby Abhishek - being their brand endorser.

Katrina, however, has been diplomatic over the issue " I did one of my earliest films with Abhishek," she says, referring to Sarkar . " Somehow, subsequent projects didn't work out. I had decided whenever I worked with him again, it would be on an out- and- out romantic subject." Meanwhile, Katrina has revealed she lost out on a modelling contract in the UK in 1999 as she was considered too fat for the campaign. She was rejected for being too curvy.

" They said I didn't fit their size requirement.

I knew I was never going to get any thinner. I'm not skinny, I am healthy and toned," she said. " I think it's unfair on girls for whom being thin doesn't come naturally. I'm fed up with seeing tiny models in magazines talking about how they are so curvy. I think, ' No you're not.

I'll show you curves!'" Also, Katrina is angry about the news that she was in Dubai with Salman and his family for his birthday and the New Year celebrations. " I'm in Mumbai rehearsing for my performance at an awards function next week. If I could be away from India, I'd be with my family in London," she said.