Sunday, July 5, 2009
Saif Ali and Kareena Kapoor
After announcing that she was going to learn belly dancing under Shiamak Davar ('Bips didn't korbo, now it's belly Bebo'; HiTLIST, May 21) for her act at an upcoming film awards function, Kareena Kapoor has now backed out!
Tu chal, main aayi
Instead, Bebo will accompany boyfriend Saif Ali Khan to England where he will attend the T20 World Cup matches. T20 has a promotional tie-up with Saif's home production, Love Aaj Kal. The actress is slated to leave for London tomorrow.All in vain
Says a source, "Initially, Kareena was very excited to perform as not only was she being paid a whopper but also this would've been her third consecutive performance at the same awards. Kareena was pulling out all the stops for her act and had rehearsed on her song Marjani from Billu. She'd even decided on her costume. But now all those plans have gone to waste.
The negotiations fell through because the actress wanted to either be the opening act or the grand finale but the organisers refused to concede to her demands. Kareena was unhappy when the organisers refused to budge. The finale might be performed by the Bachchans Amitabh, Aishwarya and Abhishek.