Does Manish Malhotra offers first pick to Kareena? - Page 6

A 'Me First' game has Bollywood divas abuzz. Some of these girls are actually spreading the word that they're the potential 'first choices' for practically every film that goes on the floors, much to the chagrin of other actresses.

The most recent instance was the news doing the rounds that Katrina Kaif was the first choice for Anurag Kashyap's Bombay Velvet. This eventually led Anurag to retort, "I locked Anushka Sharma right after Band Baaja Baaraat came out. She was the only choice when I made one. So, Katrina's 'current date issues' is all a made-up story." Katrina refuted these charges. She said, "I don't speak about my film till I start shooting for it."

However, something like this has happened so often, that the heroines finally picked for the film force their directors to issue clarifications on their behalf as it makes them look bad. Most recently, the director of Rajinikanth-starrer Kochadaiyaan had to come out with an official statement that Deepika Padukone was the film's first choice after the actress brought certain media reports to their notice.

Now, all this seems extremely un-classy. As one star noted with disdain, "A-list stars only talk about films that they do, never about the films they could not do. Aamir, SRK or Salman never speak about films they didn't do. There is a certain professionalism which one is expected to display at this level of stardom."

Another actress said, "Each film is offered to several actresses and that's a sad reality. What matters is, who is ultimately doing the film."