While
flying
back
from
Lucknow
on
Monday
night
after
a
Raajneeti
promotional
tour,
Manoj
Bajpai
bought
gifts
for
co-stars
Ajay
Devgn,
Katrina
Kaif
and
director
Prakash
Jha.
It
all
started
when
the
in-flight
shopping
cart
came
around.
Katrina
admired
a
watch,
and
demanded
that
Manoj
buy
it
for
her.
This
made
the
others
rib
Bajpai
about
only
buying
presents
for
the
lady.
Ultimately
he
ended
up
buying
gifts
for
everyone.
He
also
picked
up
something
for
Ajay's
daughter
Nysa.
Manoj
says,
"It
was
nothing.
I
just
bought
a
wristband
for
Nysa.
It
was
shopping
time
for
my
co-actors
who
were
demanding
that
I
buy
them
gifts
from
the
in-flight
shopping."
Jha
confirms,
"First
Manoj
bought
gifts
for
Katrina.
So
Ajay
and
I
complained
that
why
should
we
be
left
behind?
Katrina
liked
a
Friendship
watch
so
he
got
up
from
his
seat,
and
bought
it
for
her.
Ajay
and
I
looked
at
each
other
and
then
Ajay
asked
for
a
gift
too.
It
wasn't
fair
that
only
Katrina
should
get
a
gift.
So
the
poor
fellow
ended
up
buying
a
Swarovski
pen
for
Ajay
and
a
Dolce
&
Gabbana
perfume
for
me."
Flaunt
it
Manoj
says
that
his
only
condition
for
buying
them
the
gifts
was
that
they
would
all
wear
them
all
the
time.
He
laughs,
"Now
Prakashji's
office
reeks
of
the
DG
perfume
while
Katrina
promptly
wore
her
colourful
Friendship
watch.
Now
I
fear
I
will
have
to
buy
something
for
Ranbir,
too,
when
we
go
to
Delhi,
as
he
wasn't
there
on
this
trip."
Manoj
plays
Ranbir
Kapoor's
elder
brother
in
the
film.
He
adds,
"I
am
the
eldest
son
of
the
family
and
power
hungry.
After
my
father,
I
inherit
his
power.
My
character
is
not
based
on
any
real-life
politician.
I
sketched
my
character
on
my
own
as
I
always
do.
In
Raajneeti
everybody
has
a
shade
of
grey
except
Katrina."
Story first published: Thursday, July 21, 2011, 10:36 [IST]