Now
that
Shahrukh
Khan
has
roped
in
three
screen
sizzlers
for
three
different
item
songs
in
Billu
Barber,
a
battle
royale
seems
to
be
brewing
among
them
as
to
who
jives
and
sizzles
the
best
with
Shahrukh
Khan.
At
the
moment
Kareena
has
the
edge.
Or
so
she
seems
to
think.
"My
song
with
Shahrukh
is
awesome.
That's
why
it's
the
first
song
to
go
on
air
on
television.
Shahrukh
and
I
have
done
an
item
song
before.
So
we
share
the
required
vibes," says
Kareena
whose
'Yeh
Mera
Dil'
track
with
SRK
in
Don
was
talked-about
for
months.
Kareena
has
a
point
to
prove.
In
'Yeh
Mera
Dil'
she
was
criticized
for
her
dress,
weight
and
even
the
remixed
song
which
many
(including
the
singer
Sunidhi
Chauhan)
thought
lacked
verve.
This
time
says
Kareena,
she
wanted
every
component
in
the
item
song
to
be
perfect.
Farah
Khan
who
had
choreographed
the
'Yeh
Mera
Dil'
number
in
Don
was
this
time
assigned
Deepika
Padukone's
item
song
in
Billu
Barber.
Kareena
got
herself
a
brand
new
choreographer.
"He's
Prasanna
a
choreographer
from
the
South.
And
what
innovative
movements
he
has
given
to
Pritam's
song
which
just
rocks.
I
think
I've
always
been
lucky
with
my
item
songs
.Whether
it
was
'Yeh
Mera
Dil'
or
'It's
Rocking',
they've
always
rocked.
The
fact
that
mine
is
the
first
song
to
be
in
the
promos
does
say
something." Though
Kareena
won't
talk
about
the
money
she
says,
"Saif
and
I
both
love
Shahrukh
and
his
wife
Gauri.
They're
like
family."
Priyanka,
on
the
other
hand,
describes
herself
as
an
unabashed
fan
of
Shahrukh
Khan.
"I'm
his
biggest
fan.
There's
no
way
I'd
say
no
to
him
for
anything.
All
he
had
to
do
was
ask
and
I
was
on.
In
fact
people
ask
me
why
I
wasn't
there
in
the
song
featuring
all
the
heroines
with
Shahrukh
in
Rab
Ne
Bana
Di
Jodi.
Actually,
I
wasn't
asked.
If
I
was,
do
you
think
I
wouldn't
be
in
the
song?"
Since
Deepika,
the
third
item
queen
in
Billu
Barber
has
bagged
Farah
Khan
as
her
choreographer,
it
puts
an
end
to
the
talks
of
a
fall-out
between
the
director-choreographer
during
the
making
of
Om
Shanti
Om.
"I
don't
know
why
there's
all
this
talk
of
fall-out.
I'm
very
fond
of
Farah
and
she
of
me.
We
can
never
fall
out",
says
Deepika.
With
all
three
Bollywood
hotties
vying
to
be
in
Shahrukh's
good
books,
the
item
songs
in
Billu
Barber
are
bound
to
be
the
film's
USP.
Story first published: Thursday, January 8, 2009, 12:51 [IST]