8216;If it146;s a Girl, she has to be a star8217;

There8217;s a new TV serial with your name Kareena Kareena. How does that make you feel?I feel very important. Whenever I switch on Zee T...

There8217;s a new TV serial with your name Kareena Kareena. How does that make you feel?
I feel very important. Whenever I switch on Zee TV, I hear only my name. The kids in my building are also freaking out, they think it8217;s my serial and that I8217;ve made it. I guess, it just goes to show that somewhere the audience identifies with my name.

In the forthcoming Aitraaz, you play a traditional Indian woman fighting to clear her husband8217;s name. Is this an attempt to change your glam image?
I have complete faith in Abbas-Mustan. I didn8217;t even hear the script, the fact that Subhash Ghai called me for the role was enough. It8217;s a challenging role and a very positive character. Irrespective of the film8217;s fate, Kareena8217;s image will change. After watching this film, every man will wish he had a wife like her and every woman will wish that she could be a wife like her.

Why is the Aitraaz publicity campaign so Priyanka Chopra-centric?
I think it8217;s great that they have stuck to the plot. Priyanka is the crux of the movie, the plot starts with her. So why not? Anyway, I don8217;t think that just because someone has more star value, you should put him or her on the posters. That doesn8217;t work. The audience wants to know what the film is about.

What if in real life, a siren tried to seduce your husband?
If my husband cheats on me then I will dump him, and if a woman tried to rape my husband, then I will kill her and go to jail. Laughs

How are things between you and boyfriend Shahid Kapoor?
Oh, Shahid and I are great. He8217;s busy working and is really excited about John Mathew Mathan8217;s film. We are both really busy but very happy to be together.

Do you ever get insecure about Shahid, given that the film world is filled with temptations?
Oh yeah. I won8217;t lie and say that I am not insecure. I do have my days. But I am very confident about my man. Shahid is a very different kind of a guy. He8217;s gone through a lot in his personal life and he just wants a good relationship and a happy home. I know that Shahid loves me too much to hurt me.

Akshaye Khanna and you seem to have a mutual admiration society going.
I am absolutely in love with Akshaye. I think we rock in Hulchul. We share an amazing chemistry. I8217;ve always had a huge crush on him and have always been a little in love with him.

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We hear that Salman Khan is smitten too.
Salman dreads working with me. I was nine years old when I first met him, and wearing a nightie of all things! Lolo Karisma was doing Jaagruti with him; I went up to Salman and said that one day I am going to become a big star and work with you. I am really looking forward to working with him. We have three films together.

You are soon going to be a masi.
Yeah, too many good things are happening to me, na. I8217;ll be a great masi. I8217;ve told Karisma that the baby will accompany me to all my film shoots. And if it8217;s a girl, then she just has to be a star.

You8217;ve been working non-stop for the last four years. Aren8217;t you tired?
I will be taking a six-month break very soon. I8217;ll just stop working, I8217;m going to make everyone starve for me.