Subhash K Jha (DNA; October 7, 2015)


Says a source from the industry. “She opted out of the film Kung Fu Yoga with Jackie Chan after negotiations had almost reached closure. Now the role has gone to Ileana D’Cruz. Katrina also said no to major films like Rohit Shetty’s Dilwale, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani and Ashutosh Gowariker’s Mohenjo Daro only because they looked like time-consuming projects.”

A close friend reveals, “She is definitely cutting down on her roles, though we don’t know about marriage.” Katrina has only two projects on hand at the moment. Abhishek Kapoor’s Fitoor, which is almost complete, and Nitya Mehra’s Baar Baar Dekho, which has just started. In both she is paired with leading men younger than her.

Says a friend, “It’s simple arithmetic. She can’t do more films with Ranbir Kapoor since real-life pairs are boring on screen. Salman and Akshay Kumar are out of bounds for Katrina, as they’re saturated as a screen pair. There is nothing in the pipeline with Salman, Shah Rukh or Aamir. It has to be leading men she hasn’t worked with before. Aditya Roy Kapoor and Sidharth Malhotra fit in well with her current plans to do some strong parts before getting married. After Kareena Kapoor got married, she, too, was being paired with younger heroes like Imran Khan and Arjun Kapoor. It’s to let the world know, a hot-and-happening leading lady’s glamour quotient and the level of desirability has not gone down after marriage.”