After playing a quasi-biographical character in Raajneeti, Katrina Kaif is set to play a real-life character - Madhubala. Katrina will reprise the legendary actress’ role in the Kishore Kumar biopic to be directed by Anurag Basu.

Katrina talks about friendship with the King Khan surprise and says: “Just because you meet and greet people there must be Maine speculation on what is happening, there is nothing to be done before meeting with Shah Rukh, it is just knowledge.”

Katrina further added that she met SRK in some parties, and they had a good interaction “as any other senior colleague will interact ‘.
Katrina talks about her growing friendship with Ranbir Kapoor, says: “He’s a friend, and I will not cease to be friendly with or refused to promote the film only because the tongues are wagging and he (Ranbir) a good friend and we are working as stars – together.”
Katrina do not expect a lot of words while talking to her friend Salman. When asked about it, and says: reluctantly,
“I do not speak about my personal life.”
 

Speaking about the labour (especially on her Hindi dialogues) that she has put in for this Prakash Jha film, she humbly says that she has tried her best with every film. In her own words, “When one works in a serious film people think that maybe more work has gone into it. But the fact is that to make a successful film is the hardest thing. Every film of mine which has been a success has been equally hard – be it ‘Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani’ and ‘Singh is Kinng’ or ‘New York’ and ‘Raajneeti’. Whether it’s a comedy or a serious film, moviemaking is a serious business and there is lot of money dragging on it. I give it my 100 percent.”

Katrina was finalised for the project after she opted out of Basu’s other film, Silence, in which she was to co-star with Priyanka Chopra and Ranbir Kapoor.

A source says, “Katrina couldn’t do two back-to-back projects with Anurag Basu and Ranbir Kapoor. So she picked the biopic on Kishore Kumar in which she will play Madhubala.”

While she was considering her option back then, Katrina had said, “If I do another film with Ranbir, I’d want it to be a full-fledged commercial love story.” And it can’t get any more mainstream and romantic than the Kishore Kumar-Madhubala saga.

In fact, the actress has already begun doing her homework for the role and watched Mughal-e-Azam, Mahal and Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi.
While Katrina chose not to reply, Anurag says guardedly, “I think it’s a little early to talk about it. I still haven’t got the principal cast of my current project, Silence, in place.

But yes, Katrina is someone I am very, very fond of…for her looks, talent and nature. I am definitely working with her, if not in Silence, then in my next film.”

One of the song sequences from Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi that Anurag Basu’s film will be looking to recreate is the Kishore-Madhubala song Ek ladki bheegi bhaagi si.