Katrina Kaif is quite a stunner but she is not known for pelvic thrusts or jiggles.

While shooting a song for Singh Is Kinng , the gorgeous lady was asked to do a dance step that made her not just shy but uncomfortable. The actress was wearing a low-neck dress that was also very short from below.

The step, choreographed by Remo, reportedly required Katrina to bend forward and shake her body. The actress apparently found the dance vulgar and was in two minds about doing it.

But the choreographer took her into confidence. He made his female assistant do the same step in front of Katrina to make her feel at ease. And when Katrina was comfortable, she herself rehearsed the step a few times before shooting it.

Remo says the dance step is one of the highlights of the song.

Well, that’d be something to look forward to.

‘Singh Is Kinng’ has Katrina pairing with Akshay Kumar yet again.

Preity flew into Mumbai on Wednesday from her busy schedule in Mohali to record a promotional clipping for the Bachchans’ Unforgettable concerts.

If you’ve been wondering why Preity is seen in dark glasses at all her IPL events in and out of Mohali, it’s not for fashionable causes. A seemingly minor eye injury two weeks ago blew up into a serious problem for Preity Zinta.

“Anything could’ve happened,” she shudders. “At an event in Mohali two weeks ago a stranger’s elbow jabbed into my eye. I felt the room swim. And the eye got immediately swollen. But after ice-pack treatment for hours it seemed to be in control. Little did I know what was in store.”

In the next few days Preity’s eye condition worsened. “The pupil acquired every colour in the rainbow, and the cornea shrank. I was in a panic. My mother was so worried. Finally I went to a really good doctor, the same one who looks after the Bachchans’ eyes. At last my eye is healed.”

Now Preity intends to maintain a safe distance from crowds during her public appearances in Mohali.

The Bachchans and Preity seem to be bonded in more ways than one. And the bonding gets strongers now that Preity joins them on their world tour.

“I’m very fond of Jayaji and Amitji. And Abhishek is a chum. I also think Aishwarya is very cool. In fact I’m now joining them on their world tour in July. And really looking forward to it.”

Unlike the other actors like Akshay Kumar and Shahid Kapoor who would be making appearances at selected venues, Preity will be accompanying the Bachchans throughout their 2-month tour.

Several actresses who were verbally committed to join the Bachchans chickened out with lame excuses. Putting aside her plans to return to acting after the IPL activities in July Preity decided to join the Bachchans for their world concerts.

She brushes off any suggestion of largesse. “I don’t know why the other actresses aren’t going. The Bachchans are my buddies. They asked me. I agreed. As simple as that.

In fact I’ve been on a world tour with them before and I had myself a ball. I’m looking forward to this one too. And I do not care who’s going with them, or not.”

What she does care about is the oncoming IPL matches in Mohali, and not only for the matches. “The people there are so warm and friendly. Ness and I have begun to care for the town.

See while the others in the IPL have got developed cities, we’re the only ones who were given a town that’s growing. And we’re so proud to be part of that growth.

Mohali is an air-force base so only army planes land there. There’s already talk of an international airport and several luxury hotels in the town, all thanks to the IPL.”

Speaking of her team’s rocking music video Preity giggles, “Ram Madhvani shot our film exactly the way we wanted. Daler Mehdi captured the flavour and ethos of Punjab so wonderfully in his song.

We wanted it to be about the spirit of the game and we wanted the people of Chandigarh and Mohali to participate. I made just a fleeting appearance in it. It felt good.I haven’t faced the camera for some months.”

Yashraj Films ’ forthcoming venture Tashan not only required the acting credentials of Kareena Kapoor but also a change in her looks.

Kareena started losing weight for the film and since then, her size zero has attracted much attention.

Kareena is quoted as saying in a report, “Before this film started I knew that for this character to look different than what I have done before, I have to train really hard to kind of change the shape of my body.”

“A lot of actresses abroad do that, they work on one film at a time, change their look for a particular film body wise as well, people lose weight or put on weight as required for the character. For ‘Tashan’ it was a conscious effort to change my body structure and work towards it because I wanted to look lean. The character involves a lot of action, and I think a lean girl doing action always looks much better.”

“I trained really hard for about eight to nine months and was on a strict diet regime because that’s the only way this will look different from every other film. The response has been phenomenal. I am actually enjoying it and have got used to it.”

Scheduled to release on April 25, ‘Tashan’ also stars Anil Kapoor , Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan .

Suddenly Bangkok beckons Bollywood bigtime. Half the film industry is currently stationed in the State Of Sin, though for work rather than pleasure.

First of all, the 4 As….Anil Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna, Arshad Warsi and Amrita Rao have been in Bangkok for a month shooting for Neera Vora’s Shortcut.

Another A-star Akshay Kumar is also in Bangkok with his pretty co-star Deepika Padukone shooting for Nikhil Advani’s Chandni Chowk To China.

Contrary to reports Ranbir Kapoor flew to Bangkok on Friday not to join Deepika but for a photosession for Filmfare magazine.

Bangkok, in fact, is currently the hottest spot not only for film shooting but also other glam-related events.

Priyanka Chopra flew to Bangkok last week to do an ad with Saif Ali Khan.

“It was touch-and-go because I had to wrap up the ad then rush back to Mumbai and then rush to Miami for Tarun Mansukhani’s Dostana. But the rush was worth it because I always like going to Bangkok for holidays and work.”

Sammir Dattani who’s holidaying in Bangkok and Pataya with his friends,ran into several colleagues from the industry.

“The entire industry seemed to be there, either holidaying or working.And why not? Bangkok is a fun spot and at the same time very work-oriented. I shot for my comedy Dhoom Dhadaka in Bangkok. Now I’m back here for holiday.”

Sammir sees more and more of Bollywood making a beeline for Bangkok this year, and never mind if Nagesh Kukunoor’s Bombay To Bangkok was a big thud.

Katrina has often played a calm, polite girl in her movies, or so she feels. “And I am anything but that,” laughs the pretty actress, who was in town recently.

“When I am around people who know me well and whom I am comfortable with, I become this very silly girl who likes to fool around and crack jokes and do loads of fun things. I don’t like people who say, ‘Oh Katrina, who are wonderful, you are superb, blah blah blah. When I am in my space, I make sure I am with people who are true to me. I fact, now I want to do movies that will bring out my true personality through the characters I play.”

And she’s moving towards that with her forthcoming movies. She’s going to be seen opposite Ranbir Kapoor and John Abraham. But isn’t her pairing with Ashay Kumar a hit jodi?

“Akshay and I have given a decent amount of hits. I am going to work with him in another movie, but there are also other people I will be seen with. There is Ranbir and John and hopefully more actors to work with in future. I am not saying that the hit formula does not work, but sometimes you need to change the formula as well to get something different,” she explains.

And for that something different, she’s looking for roles with substance. “I have done a lot of commercial stuff and I am glad I did that. But I also want to do meaningful movies – the movies that will bring out the person within. That will be a challenge that I want to take up now,” she says.

Not that she has little on her plate. She’s been riding high on life, with movie releases, photo shoots, walking the ramp and more.

“Oh yes, life has been really busy!” she grins. “Just a few days ago, I was here in Delhi for the fashion week and now I am here again for the promotion of my movie, then one movie shoot after the other, so life has been choc-a-block. But I am not complaining, I like it. I think it is this time and phase of my life when I can give so much to my career. Later, I can sit and watch my own movies,” she winks.

Akshay is hellbent on covering the seven wonders of the world. Even as he prepares to shoot never-before action scenes on the Great Wall Of China, he is getting ready for a stint in in April in Egypt amidst the pyramids. This time, it’s for song with Katrina Kaif for Anees Bazmi’s Sinngh Is King.

“We’ll be shooting the introductory song of the lead pair. This would be where Akshay first meets Katrina. After this the film is complete,” informs Vipul Shah.

The last time a romantic song was shot amidst the blow-dried pyramids of Egypt it was between Shah Rukh and Kajol in Karan Johar in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.

Says a source, “Not surprising that Akshay wants the song shot in Eypgt. He wants to better Shah Rukh’s successs score with Kajol.

Most trade pundits see Akshay and Katrina as the next most- successful jodi after Shah Rukh-Kajol. Shooting a song where the hit jodi of the last millennium shot a song isn’t just coincidence.

After Namaste London and Welcome, Akshay really feels Katrina is his lucky mascot.”

“But,” warns director Anees Bazmi. “We aren’t shooting at all the normal places in Egypt. We want to capture parts of the country other than the predictable pyramids.”

A new door for nexus between Hollywood and Hindi film industry has opened with a co-production deal between Los Angeles’ entertainment company Hollywood Studios International and India’s Carving Dreams Entertainment.

The deal, reported to be of 100 million US dollars, will have the two companies joining hands to co-produce as many as five films within a span of 2 to 3 years.

These films will reportedly be made in English and Hindi and will feature actors from Hollywood and Indian film industry.

Such projects will be very instrumental in bringing together talents from two of the biggest film industries of the world.

For one such project, Bollywood’s Akshay Kumar and Irrfan Khan are under consideration. Reports have it that Mexican actress Salma Hayek (who has acted in many Hollywood flicks) has been approached for a significant role in this film.

Things are still in very preliminary stages and nothing has been finalized as yet.