If
the
rumors
in
the
industry
circles
are
to
be
believed,
despite
here
resounding
success
during
2007,
especially
Jab
We
Met,
and
hiked
performance
price,
Kareena
Kapoor
has
been
dropped
from
director
Imtiaz
Ali's
next
film.
Rejecting
Kareena
for
a
role
in
his
film,
Imtiaz
Ali
has
chosen
the
currently
hot
Bollywood
glamour
girl
Deepika
Padukone
for
the
film.
Worse
still,
in
a
recent
interview,
director
Imtiaz
Ali
has
told
a
magazine
that
he
had
taken
Kareena
Kapoor
for
Jab
We
Met
even
without
liking
the
actress'
acting
qualities
and
he
stressed
that
Kareena
is
not
a
good
actress
at
all.
Incidentally,
Imtiaz
Ali,
who
was
the
director
of
Jab
We
Met,
has
even
ignored
the
recommendations
of
Saif
Ali
Khan
the
hero
of
his
next
Untitled
film,
and
rejected
his
girlfriend
Kareena
Kapoor
to
opt
for
Deepika
Padukone.
More
interestingly,
Saif
Ali
Khan
is
not
only
the
hero
of
the
film,
but
it
is
going
to
be
Saif's
first
film
production!
Sources
said
that
Saif
Ali
Khan
had
recommended
Kareena
Kapoor
for
their
new
film,
but
the
director
rejected
Saif's
pleas.
Going
by
the
standards
in
Bollywood,
this
is
something
significant
as
normally
the
directors
seldom
have
the
guts
to
ignore
the
requests
of
the
hero
and
more
so
when
he
is
also
the
producer
of
the
movie.
But
many
here
would
want
to
know
if
the
director
would
have
the
same
guts
to
reject
a
request
either
by
Shahrukh
Khan
or
Aamir
Khan!
Story first published: Thursday, January 24, 2008, 10:43 [IST]