Katrina
Kaif
may
have
lost
the
chance
to
be
one
of
Ranbir's
leading
ladies
in
Yash
Raj
Films'
Bachna
Ae
Haseenon.
But
the
lady,
currently
sizzling
with
Saif
Ali
Khan
in
the
promos
of
Race,
didn't
have
to
wait
long
for
Yash
Raj
to
make
amends.
Katrina
has
now
been
signed
to
star
opposite
Neil
Mukesh
in
Kabir
Khan's
untitled
film
which
also
stars
John
Abraham
in
a
pivotal
role.
Without
giving
away
much
detail
about
the
project
Neil
says,
"Kabir
made
a
very
unusual
film
Kabul
Express
for
Yash
Raj
earlier.
This
time,
he's
going
all-out
to
make
a
commercial
film.
I
think
Katrina
and
I
will
make
a
striking
pair." Katrina
who's
paired
with
Ranbir
Kapoor
in
Raj
Kumar
Santoshi's
Ajab
Prem
Ki
Ghazab
Kahani
seems
to
be
getting
into
the
let's-get-young
mode.
All
her
earlier
films
are
primarily
with
the
40-plus
Salman
Khan,
Govinda
and
Akshay
Kumar.
Now
she's
finally
working
with
co-stars
nearer
her
own
age.
Laughs
Neil,
"I
wouldn't
know
about
that.
My
bonding
so
far
has
been
with
John.
I
really
get
along
with
him.
He's
so
funny
and
entertaining.
Somehow
he
reminds
me
of
Dharamji
(Dharmendra)
with
whom
I
did
my
first
film
Johnny
Gaddaar.
The
same
towering
personality
and
physique
and
a
heart
of
gold."
Let's
hope
the
initial
camaraderie
lasts
through
the
film.
Considering
what
happened
to
John's
dosti
with
Arshad
Warsi
during
Kabir
Khan's
Kabul
Express,
one
wonders
if
the
seedha-sadha
Neil
would
be
singing
the
same
tune
by
the
time
he
and
John
finish
shooting
together.
Isn't
it
a
disadvantage
for
Neil
to
start
his
career
with
two
arty
films
like
Sriram
Raghavan's
Johnny
Gaddaar
and
Sudhir
Mishra's
Tera
Kya
Hoga
Johnny?
"I
think
the
two
Johnny
films
are
very
different
in
mood.
Tera
Kya…
is
funny
episodic
film
where
me,
Soha
Ali
Khan,
Kay
Kay
Menon
and
Karan
Nath
are
four
characters
who
meet
this
child,
played
by
Sikandar.
It's
masala
of
a
different
kind.
It
even
has
an
item
song
by
Chitrangada
now."
Sure,
we
can
see
queues
clamouring
to
get
in
to
see
Chitrangada
wriggle
on
the
dance
floor.
"But
Freeze
is
out-and-out
commercial,
glamorous,
glossy
and
sexy,"
Neil
brightens
up.
Ando,
he
isn't
called
Johnny
in
Freeze.
Story first published: Thursday, July 21, 2011, 11:58 [IST]