Mumbai: It was a classic example of ‘much ado about nothing’ when Katrina Kaif and director Prakash Jha had a heated argument over Kat’s ‘royal reservations’ about donning pastel saris in ‘Raajneeti.’

For a fashion icon, a sudden de-glamorous avatar for Prakash Jha’s ‘Raajneeti’ wasn’t an easy shift for Katrina, who plays a politician in the film. Celebrated as one of the most fashionable stars in Bollywood, carrying light-coloured saris became a bone of contention between the actress and the director recently.

The initial discussion about the shades of saris could have been spiraled into a full-blown squabble. Talking to a news daily, a close source from the unit said, “Katrina plays a politician and Jha had selected the costumes to suit her character. However, Katrina expressed her doubts about wearing the dull saris and asked Jha to let her wear simple but dark coloured sarees. She particularly wasn’t convinced about the off-white saris she was asked to wear.”

Meanwhile, Jha amiably clarified to Katrina the reason behind wearing plain saris as the source added, “He told her that though she is an actress, she plays a politician and it’s essential that she wear such colours in ‘Raajneeti.’ The discussion went on for a long time and nearly erupted into an argument. Eventually, Katrina did understand Jha’s point of view.”

When asked by reporters about the same, Prakash laughed off the entire episode and genially said, “It was a healthy discussion.”

Mumbai: Katrina Kaif is nursing a rare love these days. The stunner, who is yet to get her Hindi dialect right, is already leaping across other languages as she has fallen in love with the various Indian regional dialects. After confessing her fascination for Bhojpuri, the foreign raised beauty is now gearing up to mouth some traditional Punjabi lines.

Surprised? Well you are bound to be. Story goes that Katrina, who has often been flaked for her anglicized Hindi, is going all out to prove her critics wrong. And the stunner plans to do this by not only speaking Hindi perfectly but also other languages like Bhojpuri and Punjabi.

Confirming the news a source said, “Katrina is very serious about her pronunciations. She will be seen speaking traditional Punjabi in her upcoming movies. She will be assisted by her co-stars for the same.”

As for who will Kat turn to learn Punjabi, is a matter worth observing. Nevertheless with actors like Ranbir Kapoor and Akshay Kumar, we doubt if Kat will be short of options.

Katrina has officially declared that she will not do a kissing sequence in any of her movies. Even the oldest trick in the trade will not help, the script demanded it.

The actress is no mood to lock lips onscreen as she is not comfortable with it. Katrina says, “I don’t deny I’ve done scenes in the past where I did things that I wasn’t comfortable with. But now I won’t. I just don’t feel comfortable doing kissing scenes, or for that matter, wearing a bikini on screen.”

A daily reported, “Katrina has said no to kissing scenes in all her films barring New York. And believe me, the directors are very keen to see her kiss her co-stars. Katrina cleverly keeps dodging all the so-called must-kiss scenes. She is a very conservative girl at heart. In fact, when reports claimed that she was going to wear a bikini in Dostana 2, a la Priyanka Chopra in the first Dostana, Katrina protested violently and made it clear to producer Karan Johar and director Tarun Mansukhani: no exposure, no kissing.”

On January 2010, a 15-day leopard cub was spotted in Devankhedi village near Bhopal and rescued by a team from the national park Van Vihar. The villagers named the cub Katrina because they felt that she was ‘beautiful and silky like Katrina Kaif.’

Katrina learnt about this and she made enquiries with Van Vihar, saying that she wanted to adopt the leopard. When contacted, Van Vihar’s assistant director AK Khare said Katrina Kaif had indeed expressed a desire to adopt the rescued animal.

He also said that Katrina’s assistant had called him saying that she was willing to adopt that leopard. He expressed that, “It would be great if she does. However, let me clarify that the leopard cub, which Katrina Kaif is ready to adopt, is spelt as Catreena, not Katrina. At this point of time, the animal is housed in our zoo.”

Explaining what Katrina Kaif would require to do for the process of adoption, Khare said, “We have different rates for different animals. Katrina will have to pay Rs 50,000 annually. I have yet to hear from them, but I have informed them of the entire procedure. Besides paying Rs 50,000 per year for the leopard, Katrina will also have to fill up a form and duly sign it.”

These days, Katrina Kaif is picking roles that will provide her the chance to prove her mettle as an actress. She is rumoured to be a part of Zoya Akhtar’s movie which stars Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol and Hrithik Roshan.

If she is indeed a part of the said film, Katrina will be the only female lead. It will be an achievement of sorts because audiences will see her cast opposite Hrithik Roshan for the first time. While Katrina has refused to talk about the film point blank, Farhan mentioned that even though it’s early to talk about the film, if Katrina is a part of it, she will be Hrithik’s love interest. Abhay and Farhan have no love interests in the film.

He expressed that the film is dependent upon the bonding between the three co-stars. If Katrina does this film, not only will it be her first time working with Hrithik, but she will also be working with a woman director for the first time. The film will go on floors in April.

For the first time, Katrina Kaif is all set to shed her hot glamorous image for a sober role. Katrina will appear on the small screen in the image of a charity worker for Oscar winner A.R. Rahman’s latest music album.

She will feature in three music videos with kids. According to the source, Rahman’s composition is incorporated from famous nursery rhymes, such as ‘Jack and Jill’ and ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’, to inspire/ educate kids. It will be a real rare treat to see Katrina Kaif on the small screen.

As always, this experiment with nursery rhymes by the Mozart of Madras is expected to come with fresh and original notes. This time, he is launching a new vocalist too.

In an exclusive chat, Katrina Kaif and Ranbir Kapoor talk about their chemistry while shooting for Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani.

Mumbai: The gorgeous Katrina Kaif has finally applied brakes to the rumors that she and her man Salman Khan had broken-up.

Katrina also admitted that she’s been dating with Salman for years. In an interview to a Film magazine she said, “I and Salman are together for the past six years, and we don’t have problems on the subject of our relationship.”

Katrina also told that she wanted this to be a low key affair as both of them did not want to disclose their private life for any one. This is the first time Katrina has spoken frankly about her affair with Salman.

Since the departure of Aishwarya Rai, she has ruled the no.1 spot pretty well and is in demand by the most of the Bollywood directors and producers and as likely she is one of the most paid female actor these days.

Seven of her last nine releases have been box-office hits. She was voted as the ’sexiest woman in the world’ by a fashion mag in 2008. She has regularly topped search engine results as the ‘most searched celeb’. As if that isn’t enough, hackers have even named a computer virus after her (to deceive her unassuming fans). That’s the power of Katrina Kaif. Online or offline, fans just can’t have enough of her. On July 16 - as Kat turns a year older - she transformed from being just another firang, phoren return item gal to one of Indian’s most powerful actresses.

Katrina, who is the brand ambassador of Nakshatra jewelery recently appeared in a promotional event.