By:
Upala
KBR
Mid-Day
Monday,
August
27,
2007
Ever
since
he
broke
up
with
steady
girlfriend
Rozza
Catalano,
Saif
Ali
Khan
has
become
quite
the
man
about
town.
And
the
ladies,
they"ve
been
hovering
around
him
like
fruit
flies.
Few
can
resist
his
dazzling
charms,
it
seems.
First,
it
was
Bipasha
Basu,
then
Diya
Mirza.
Now,
the
latest
lady
to
have
been
floored
by
the
chote
nawab
is
his
Tashan
co-star,
Kareena
Kapoor.
Says
a
source,
“Even
though
Saif
and
Kareena
did
Omkara
together,
they
didn"t
interact
much
other
than
in
a
few
scenes
in
the
film.
However,
they
hit
it
off
while
shooting
for
Tashan
in
Ladakh
and
later,
Jaisalmer."
Great
connection
The
source
adds
that
both
are
young,
good-looking
and
have
a
great
lineage
—
Saif
from
the
royal
house
of
Pataudi
and
Kareena
being
Raj
Kapoor"s
granddaughter
—
so
they
have
a
lot
of
things
in
common.
“Sparks
were
bound
to
fly
when
they
met
on
the
sets
of
Tashan.
In
fact,
they
spent
a
lot
of
time
together.
There"s
definitely
a
special
connection," says
the
source.
However,
a
close
friend
of
Kareena"s
dismisses
rumours
of
their
budding
closeness
as
nothing
more
than
great
friendship.
“Bebo
and
Saif
share
a
great
rapport
but
there"s
nothing
beyond
than
that.
They
have
many
things
in
common
as
they
come
from
such
distinguished
families.
They
share
a
special
bond
but
are
not
having
an
affair,"
says
the
friend,
adding
that
they
haven"t
been
in
touch
since
the
Jaisalmer
schedule.
No
time
to
party
“Where"s
the
time
to
socialise?
Kareena
was
in
Mumbai
barely
a
day
before
flying
off
to
Jodhpur
to
shoot
for
an
ad
on
Friday.
Next
week,
Bebo
will
leave
for
another
schedule
of
Tashan
in
Kerala,
along
with
Saif
and
Akshay
Kumar,"
adds
the
friend.
The
friend
insists
that
Saif
is
an
extremely
nice
guy
and
a
thorough
gentleman.
“Saif
makes
a
great
buddy,
but
he"s
not
a
flirt.
Also,
Bebo
is
very
much
in
love
with
Shahid
(Kapoor).
She"s
deeply
committed
to
the
relationship
and
will
never
do
anything
to
jeopardise
it."
Saif
too,
in
his
usual
forthright
manner,
clears
the
air
saying,
“We
do
get
along
well.
Kareena
is
a
thorough
professional
and
a
warm
person.
However,
we"re
just
great
pals.
It"s
silly
to
insinuate
anything
more
than
that."