Kareena Kapoor: Shahid and I 'are friends'

Speaking to HT, Kareena denied reports that relations between her and Shahid are frosty and despite the success of their pairing in Jab We Met they are unlikely to feature together in a film again.

Kareena Kapoor, who is widely perceived to have dumped Shahid Kapoor to further her career, is in damage control mode now and says that even though she and Shahid aren't an item anymore they remain friends.

3 December 2007 (Sawf News) - Kareena Kapoor, who is widely perceived to have dumped Shahid Kapoor to further her career, is in damage control mode now and says that even though she and Shahid aren't an item anymore they remain friends.

That so-called cold war between us was blown out of proportion, she says. In fact, we had lunch together too, but the media doesn't know about this.

So when we read that we barely interacted at the shoot, we laughed it off. We are friends, we do talk occasionally, she said leaving us wondering what kind of friends talk just occasionally?

And what kind of friends claim sole credit for the success of a film in which they together play lead roles?

If something doesn't work out, fine, it's okay.. .but friends do remain friends yaar. That's the beauty of a relationship, Kareena continued unconvincingly.

Asked if her continued contact with Shahid could upset Saif Ali Khan, Kareena said:

Well, I think he's too mature a person. He's beyond worrying about whether I speak to Shahid or not.

In the interview, Kareena also denied recent media reports that Deepika Padukone would play the lead in Saif's first home production to be directed by Imtiaz Ali.

Really? This is news to me. Imtiaz is away in the US for two months. It's the director's call to cast an actor in the role he wants, says Kareena

Kareena has already been earmarked by Saif for a lead role in his second home production titled Agent Vinod to be directed by Sriram Raghavan.