Actress Katrina Kaif has rubbished stories of a rivalry with Bollywood colleague Aishwarya Rai.
Contrary to rumours that she had turned down a remake of “The Italian Job” and “Dostana 2” because the former Miss World didn’t want the British actress on the same sets as her husband Abhishek Bachchan, Kaif says: “All these ridiculous rumours about me not working with Abhishek started when my dates for ‘The Italian Job’ didn’t work out, and ‘Dostana 2’ got postponed. Abhishek is a great guy. I did ‘Sarkar’ with him at the start of my career. There were other offers but I felt they were not good enough to do justice to our pairing. I decided that whenever we work together again, it would be for a full-blown romantic comedy.”
Turns out she has now been confirmed for ‘The Italian Job’ – a recommendation that apparently came from Rai. A source close to the film told the Indian newspaper Mid-Day: “Vipul’s first option was to cast Abhishek and Aishwarya. It was Aishwarya who prompted Vipul to cast Katrina instead.”
Adds producer Vipul Shah: “At the moment is that Aishwarya has absolutely no objections to the Abhishek-Katrina pair on screen.”