Katrina: Rumours don't affect me

Who said Katrina Kaif and Salman Khan, Bollywood’s tumultuous on-and-off screen jodi, are headed for splitsville?
Not BT, and certainly neither of them as well. Because we spoke to Katrina yesterday, she is far from Bollywood’s madding crowd, shooting with Akshay Kumar for Singh Is Kinng in Australia. And the stunning actress gave her infectious laugh when asked if she was nursing a broken heart after splitting with Sallu. “What!” she asked incredulously. “At this point in life, I am very happy. All these rumours don’t affect me. I am blissfully cut off. There’s no internet here too, so I’m enjoying the peace,” she added.

No, there’s no lovers’ tiff between Bollywood’s good looking couple. There never was despite the talk of Sallu being mad at young Shahid Kapoor for getting too close with his girl. “Don’t trap me into saying anything,” Kats laughed. “I am too focussed to be distracted at this point by anything. I am working hard, and my work means a lot to me, nothing can distract me now.”

Will there ever be a time in her life, in her career, when she would give everything up to settle down? “It’s like asking, will it rain tomorrow? Who has seen tomorrow? If God is willing, I may give up everything.” Which seems unlikely considering the number of films the actress has been signed on for. The latest is by Raj Kumar Santoshi for his next film with Shahid Kapoor. What about rumours of Salman not wanting her to work with Shahid? “Why should I or anyone have any problem with Shahid or any of my other co-stars? I think Shahid and Rajji want to sit and make some changes in the script as it is similar to Shahid’s film Jab We Met. I have no problem working with Shahid,” said Katrina.

What does love mean to her? “It’s absolutely a beautiful emotion. I believe in it wholeheartedly. The ways of expressing love are very personal and individual,” she replied. Salman apparently is a very possessive lover. What’s her take on possessiveness in love? “There is no right or wrong way, or being overpossessive or underpossessive in love. Like I said, it’s an individual expression,” she reiterated.

But controversy dogs her progress in Bollywood. Katrina’s onscreen pairing with Akshay Kumar too in the past has invited speculation. How does she cope with all this undue attention? “I don’t think doing so many films with Akshay Kumar is an issue at all. Nobody has pointed this out to me. I am not aware of any rumours. As for signing films with him, well, I have signed all the films with the consent of those close to me and with whom I hang out. So nobody can stand up and say anything about Akshay and me. It’s sheer rubbish!”

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com