Ash gets catty with Kat

KATRINA KAIF has come a long way from just being known as Salman Khan’s girlfriend.
Recently Kat, as she’s fondly called, has been voted as the sexiest woman in the world by UK-based international magazine FHM and guess who’s all flustered with this news? Salman’s ex- girlfriend and Bachchan bahu, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan!
Sources say that Katrina getting international recognition has upset Aishwarya who is seething with anger and grumbling about Katrina.
Our source reveals, “Ash is extremely jealous that Katrina has been voted the sexiest woman in the world because she sees it as a threat to her position in Hollywood. She has been trying to make a mark in foreign movies for a long time but to no great avail and she sees Katrina as big competition. Marriage may have made Ash secure but only in her private life. In her professional life Ash still wants to be Hollywood’s numero uno Indian actress. No actress from time immemorial wants to be ‘replaced’. Their egos get damaged.”
Yet another industry insider reports, “Ash was telling a close friend that ‘many of these girls pay money to be on these fancy lists and it doesn’t mean anything’.
A strange remark to make. Wonder if Ash was talking about the time when she was chosen by Time magazine as one of the worlds 100 Most Influential People?
Had it been any other Bollywood actress maybe Ash wouldn’t be this green with envy, but Kat is after all the gorgeous girlfriend of Ash’s ex boyfriend, Salman Khan!
Cat fight in the making
Katrina who is aware of Ash’s remarks is positively annoyed.
The usual diplomatic actress has this to say about Ash’s failed Hollywood endeavours, “She keeps talking about big international movies but has anybody actually seen any of her films? It’s her publicist and manager in Hollywood that keeps spreading these false tales about how hot she is internationally!” Seems a fresh cat fight is on its way???
Apart from the Salman angle, Katrina and Ash have two other things in common. Both the girls were successful models before entering Bollywood and both have been the face of the cosmetic brand Lakme.
After a much publicised break-up with Salman, Ash dated Vivek Oberoi briefly and then went on to marry Abhishek Bachchan.
All this while Ash’s career in Bollywood soared high and she even became an international celebrity after she started attending the Cannes Film Festival and was featured on the cover of Time magazine.
Katrina on the other hand, was a UK based model trying her hand in Bollywood when she met Salman who was down and out post his break-up with Ash. Kat consoled Salman and soon the two became a couple. Being Salman’s girl came with a lot of fringe benefits, one of them being an easy entry into Bollywood.
Katrina’s meteoric rise in Bollywood is nothing less than a miracle! She has done about half-a-dozen films, yet, she hasn’t picked up Hindi and all the diction classes haven’t helped.
But despite all this Katrina has starred in some of the biggest box-office hits in the past two-years such as Namaste London, Partner and Welcome.
While she didn’t have much to do in these films, nevertheless producers have noticed her box-office value. In fact, trade buzz is that Katrina is the second highest paid actress in Bollywood after Kareena Kapoor.
She definitely is the highest paid actress to have done an item number in a film for a whopping Rs1.5 crores! Her future films include a YashRaj film, a Rajkumar Santoshi film opposite the hot Ranbir Kapoor, Vipul D Shah’s Singh is Kinng and Yuvraaj.
Katrina has also formed a successful on-screen pairing with Akshay Kumar, with producers vying to sign the two actors as a couple.
Akshay is one of the most sought after actors in Bollywood giving solo hits.
While boyfriend Salman Khan doesn’t appreciate Katrina doing films with Akshay, Kat seems to be less than concerned and is open to working with most actors. She even considered signing a film opposite Shahid Kapoor though Salman doesn’t like Shahid much. Kat is thus making it clear that she is her own person.
Married versus single
Ash on the other hand isn’t at the best phase of her career right now as she is a married woman.
Marriage to Abhishek Bachchan did open a lot of doors within the industry but she also has the responsibility of being the Bachchan bahu which means no hot roles and no more sexy scenes. Her smooch with Hrithik Roshan and the sexy clothes in Dhoom 2 hadn’t gone down too well with mother-in-law Jaya Bachchan.
More recently she had to refuse Karan Johar’s Dostana opposite her hubby Abhishek because the role required her to be hot and sexy and romance two guys.
Katrina on the other hand doesn’t have any such issues. Apart from all this, Bollywood isn’t too kind to married actresses and producers see them more as a liability.
To top it even age isn’t on Ash’s side, she’s in her early 30’s while Katrina is only 23 and has a much longer shelf life!
Any wonder that Ash is getting insecure and edgy with Katrina’s rising fame!