Katrina
Kaif's
sizzling
number
'Sexy
Lady'
in
Race,
followed
by
the
announcement
of
an
item
song
in
the
sporty
film
Blue,
has
given
the
lady
a
va-va-voom
image.
She's
surprisingly
uncomfortable
with
her
sensuous
image.
"I
want
to
retain
the
image
of
the
girl
next-door.
I
don't
want
the
hot
image.
Even
in
'Sexy
Lady',
I'm
fully
clothed.
I'm
still
the
girl
next-door.
It's
not
the
conventionally
sexy
kind
of
song.
"
Race,
where
she's
pitched
for
the
sensuous
sweepstakes
against
Bipasha
Basu
and
Sameera
Reddy
has
Katrina
pulling
out
all
the
stops
to
erase
the
homely
wholesome
image.
The
lady
demurs.
"I
don't
think
so.
Everything
in
Race
looks
larger-than-life
very
fulsome
urgent
and
exaggerated.
The
actors
are
styled
accordingly.
I
haven't
done
anything
like
it.
Everyone's
talking
about
it.
I
guess
that's
a
good
sign." Katrina
is
equally
reluctant
to
accept
that
she's
doing
the
most
expensive
item
song
ever
in
Tony's
Blue.
"I
wouldn't
know
about
how
expensive
it
is.
But
I'm
doing
a
special
appearance
in
Blue
and
the
song-dance
is
part
of
it.
Yeah
I'm
part
of
the
film
in
a
unique
way.
Akshay
Kumar
got
me
into
it.
As
for
the
expenses,
nowadays
so
many
numbers
are
thrown
into
the
public's
face.
I
don't
think
it's
right
for
actors
to
talk
about
the
financial
side
of
a
film."
Next,
ask
her
about
the
status
of
her
relationship
with
Salman
Khan
and
she
clams
up.
"I'd
like
to
keep
that
personal." Is
it
right
to
presume
she's
still
with
Mr
Khan?
"You
can
presume
whatever
you
like.
You
can
presume
I'm
an
alien
from
outerspace,
if
you
like.
Right
now
I'm
in
a
very
happy
place.
Even
rumours
of
us
actresses
fighting
for
space
in
Race
is
way
off
the
mark.
I've
my
own
place
in
Race.
My
confidence-level
has
grown
in
recent
times,
and
yes,
it's
partly
because
of
the
hits
that
I've
had."
After
a
number
of
films
where
her
voice
was
dubbed
Katrina
finally
used
her
own
voice
in
Namastey
London.
And
now
she
says
she
has
dubbed
for
Race.
"I've
been
working
very
hard
on
my
diction.
I
try
to
speak
in
Hindi
in
my
daily
dealings."
After
being
with
Salman
who
patented
the
name
Prem
in
a
series
of
films,
Katrina
seems
stuck
with
another
Prem,
Ranbir
Kapoor,
who's
her
co-star
in
Raj
Kumar
Santoshi's
Ajab
Prem
Ki
Ghazab
Kahani.
"I
guess
they're
worth
being
stuck
with."
She
replies
tongue-in-cheek.
"I
just
love
the
script,
my
character
and
Ranbir's
role.
He's
so
much
into
his
work.
I'm
also
getting
there.
For
me
acting
is
no
longer
a
hobby."
Story first published: Thursday, April 10, 2008, 13:01 [IST]