Katrina
Kaif
may
be
on
a
high
as
she
has
signed
two
films
in
one
week
one
with
John
Abraham
for
Yash
Raj
Films
to
be
directed
by
Kabir
Khan
and
the
other
with
Akshay
Kumar
in
Shree
Ashtavinayak's
Blue.
But
the
fact
is
that
Katrina
was
offered
the
Yash
Raj
Film
as
a
sop!
This
is
because
her
role
was
deleted
in
the
other
Yash
Raj
project,
directed
by
Siddharth
Anand,
with
Ranbir
Kapoor,
Bipasha
Basu,
Deepika
Padukone
and
Minissha
Lamba.
Sop
sob
Says
a
source,
"This
is
one
of
those
rare
occasions
that
a
heroine's
track
has
been
chopped
from
a
film,
while
there
are
three
more
actresses
whose
portions
have
been
kept.
Katrina
was
slated
to
shoot
for
the
film
this
month.
They
decided
to
do
away
with
her
role
as
the
other
actresses
have
already
shot
for
the
film
(Deepika,
Bipasha
and
Minissha
have
completed
schedules
in
Mumbai
and
Australia).
That's
why
Yash
Raj
offered
her
another
film
as
a
sop,
so
she
doesn't
feel
upset.
She
signed
John's
film
last
week.
Salman
knew
she
was
doing
John's
film
and
in
fact,
had
told
her
she
should
do
it.
Salman
doesn't
want
his
personal
equations
to
come
in
the
way
of
Katrina's
career."
Too
long
Yash
Raj
Films
spokesperson
Monica
Bhattacharya
confirms
that
Katrina's
track
has
been
taken
out
from
Siddharth
Anand's
as-yet
untitled
film.
She
says,
"Siddharth
Anand's
next
film
which
is
slated
to
release
later
this
year
is
a
story
about
a
man
(Ranbir)
and
the
four
women
he
meets.
Sixty
per
cent
of
the
film
has
already
been
shot
and
we
found
the
story
was
becoming
too
long.
As
a
result
we
decided
to
do
away
with
one
girl's
character
altogether.
Katrina's
character
was
the
only
one
that
has
not
yet
been
shot,
so
we
decided
to
do
away
with
her
character."
Story first published: Tuesday, February 12, 2008, 9:03 [IST]