LIKE KATRINA Kaif who has been offered the grand sum of Rs 1.5 crore to do a dance (item number) for Shree Ashtavinayak’s Blue, which stars Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, and Lara Dutta. A shocking amount —but then Katrina is the only actress who has given four hits last year.

Namstey London, Apne, Partner and Welcome. She has also become Akshay Kumar’s lucky mascot. Some say it is Akshay who has strongly recommended her name for this item song. If one is waiting for a denial from the actress regarding the ‘huge sum’, it has not come, so she has beaten every other actress in her item-number-price game. The actress who cannot spare even a couple of hours for interviews has suddenly found a slot of ten full days to give to the production house. And to make it sound more honourable she has asked them to give her a few scenes in the film too so that no one criticises her for coming down to the level of doing an item number.

Of course this set off Kareena who had a fit when she learnt that Katrina was being offered such a humoungous sum for just a dance number and now has demanded 6 crores instead of the 5 that she was offered.