Katrina Kaif: 'I hope to find love'

Katrina Kaif: 'I hope to find love'

Katrina Kaif is one of Bollywood's most bankable stars; she consistently sets cash registers ringing at the Box Office, but her heart is yet to break out into a song. It has been a great year so far for Katrina, who turns 26 on July 16.

The recent success of Rajneeti and her participation in two exciting projects - Farah Khan's Tees Maar Khan and Zoya Akhtar's Zindagi Milegi Na Dubara - have made the year truly memorable and exciting. Her professional success notwithstanding, Katrina often feels lonely and stranded in Mumbai, away from her siblings in London and mother in Chennai.

As far as professional success goes, she says, "I couldn't have asked for more." But there is something else she wants. "In the coming year I hope to find love. Every girl needs someone to share her life with," she tells TOI. Katrina is currently in Spain on the set of Zindagi Milegi Na Dubara.

She had taken off from the unit to be with her family in London in the days leading up her birthday, which she had planned to spend in the British capital. However, a change in Zoya's schedule forced to recall Katrina to Spain a day before her birthday.

"My two youngest sisters Isabella and Sonia are coming back to Spain with me, so I have a part of my family with me. And I couldn't hope to be with a better unit on my birthday. Zoya Akhtar is one of the coolest directors I've worked with," she says. Happy Birthday Katrina! We hope you find the love that you seek, even if that means you will be breaking countless hearts.

The Growing Friendship...

The Growing Friendship..

'Neil Nitin Mukesh and Deepika Padukone' Working together in director Pradeep Sarkar’s forthcoming film ‘Lafange Parindey’, actress Deepika Padukone has found a friend for life in Neil Nitin Mukesh. Neil once went out of his way to do her make-up personally, which was somewhat different, required for an accident scene. ‘I think I have made a friend for life and I think that’s what I cherished the most because he is a wonderful human being and that comes across on screen. We got along really well,’ said Deepika. ‘There is an accident scene, where I need a different kind of make-up and he is trained in it so he told dada (Pradeep Sarkar) that he will do my make-up and he did. Another day where I was doing…not exactly an action sequence, but lot of cable work and all of that, he choreographed the entire act. So I think in every way he was there for me,’ Deepika told IANS in an interview. Set in the mean streets of Mumbai, ‘Lafangey Parindey’ is a love story where Neil Nitin Mukesh plays the character of Nandu, a fighter who pummels his opponents in the ring and Deepika Padukone plays Pinky Palkar, a dancer who is blind but ambitious and dances with roller skates on her feet. He teaches her to see and she teaches him how to love. Neil used to be around Deepika, even on his off days. ‘I can confidently say that he has been the most supportive and encouraging co-star, with whom I have worked so far. Even on days when he was not required, he would be there,’ said Deepika. Deepika believes that regardless of his experience in the industry, Neil has every quality of being a director. ‘I think he is ready to direct. We keep thinking that he is new, we saw him in three-four films, but I think in terms of experience and his knowledge where cinema is concerned, I think he is technically very sound and he is ready to direct a film,’ said Deepika.