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Tales of stars who fell out with the filmmakers and vowed never to work with them again

Sanjay Leela Bhansali may have been the one who gave Ranbir Kapoor his big break in Bollywood, but looks like this is one director-actor duo who may never really bother to work together again.

There has been much speculation on how the actor has had a fall out with his mentor post Saawariya and, if sources are to be believed, nothing much has changed.

Bollywood's current Rockstar was apparently the first choice for My friend Pinto, produced by Bhansali. But since Ranbir failed to respond, Prateik was roped in.

Says a source, "The role in the film is of a guy who will do anything for a friend. It's an emotional and sensitive subject and the makers thought Ranbir would be able to pull it off pretty well. He was in fact given the script as well, but he did not really get back with a yes or a no."

There have been innumerable stories about differences of opinion between the two during the making of Saawariya. Since it was his first film and also since Bhansali was at his prime at the time with Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Devdas, there was bound to be a little friction.

Adds the source, "We all know that Bhansali is a taskmaster. So there were enough times when he would get tough with Sonam and Ranbir.

That, however, was part of the process of making the film and obviously a learning experience for the actor who has turned out to be such a fine talent post his debut."

However, Ranbir obviously seems to be in no mood to let bygones be bygones. The actor almost seems to have sworn to never work with the man who he also worked with as assistant director.

Director of My Friend Pinto Raghav Dar refuses to confirm the story. "There is no such thing. Prateik was always the first choice for the role."

Interestingly, Ranbir's famous towel dropping scene in Saawariya has somehow found its way in My Friend Pinto.

This time, however, it is apparently Prateik who bares all! However, Ranbir, denies being offered the film.

Friendships gone kaput

Farah Khan vs Shahrukh Khan
SRK delivered two of the biggest hits of his career (Main Hoon na and Om Shanti Om) with Farah, but the two haven't worked together ever since.

Apparently Farah was supposed to make Tees Mar Khan with SRK who could not find time for the project. Farah eventually ended up to casting Akshay in the film.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan vs Madhur Bhandarkar
Post the announcement of Aishwarya's pregnancy, Madhur went on to to say how she had hid the news from the producers of Heroine, which eventually brought an indefinite halt to his dream project..

Sanjay Gupta vs Sanjay Dutt
The two were thick, as thieves at one point but today Dutt and Gupta cannot see eye to eye. The big clash happened post Gupta's film Shootout At Lokhandwala.

Allegedly, he did not pay the salary of a certain company employee, but Dutt took the employee's side. Rumours of major showdown between the two were confirmed after Gupta's film Alibaug was stalled indefinitely and also when Sanjay was no more a part of Gupta's Shootout at Wadala.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali vs Salman Khan
Salman Khan was Bhansali's blue-eyed boy with films like Khamoshi and Hum Dil De Chike Sanam.

But things went bad when the actor went ahead and spoke ill of Bhansali's film Guzaarish.

Salman told the press in jest how even dogs wouldn't watch the film, post which there has almost been a war of words between the two.

Ram Gopal Verma vs Aamir Khan
RGV has one on record to say that he would never do a film with Aamir because he does not have the kind of dedication or patience Aamir does.

Stories of cold war between the two were doing the rounds ever since Rangeela days.

Ram Gopal Verma has also had a major fall out with his most successful muse Urmila Matondkar.

Actors who may never share the screen again

Salman Khan with Shahrukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra and John Abraham
Akshay Kumar with Priyanka Chopra
Kareena Kapoor with Hrithik Roshan
Tabu with Irrfan Khan

Courtesy: Mid-Day.com

Inseparable ex-lovers: Salman comes to Katrina's rescue, again

After a bad ride from London airport to reach her hotel, Katrina Kaif headed straight to where Salman Khan was staying, who then organised all her transport in the city

Seems like no matter what ex-lovers Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif are inseparable. They have broken up and all but whenever Kat needs help she always turns to Sallu first.

Case in point: When on her recent visit to London the actress had trouble reaching her hotel before the premiere of her film, Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, predictably her ex beau cum best friend saved her day.

Troubles galore

Problems started for Katrina after she landed in London from Abu Dhabi where she had to attend a promotional event first.

The half hour drive extended to one-and-half hours and she had still no idea how far she was from the hotel. Our source explains, "The driver of the car organised for her by Yash Raj Films turned out to be a novice who didn't know the roads well enough.

After being driven around for an hour and a half, Katrina got so irritated that she called for a taxi service. And while waiting for the other cab to arrive, she also called Salman to apprise him of her situation." The actor was shooting for Kabir Khan's Ek Tha Tiger at that time.

Soon after the other taxi arrived, Katrina hauled her luggage and headed straight to a hotel in South Kensington, where Salman was staying, reveals our source.

She requested Salman to organise a car for her with a chauffeur who knew the roads well.

It is learnt that when she reached her hotel later, the representatives of YRF were profusely apologetic for the inconvenience caused to her.

"But Katrina had had enough and she was so upset that she didn't want to use any transport being arranged by YRF for her to get to the premiere venue, " says our source.

Unfortunately for Kat, her troubles didn't end there. It seems the team of Mere Brother Ki Dulhan reached over an hour late for the premiere. And also, the premiere didn't go as well as they expected.

"Maybe it wasn't promoted very well, so naturally the movie's team was surprised that the crowd wasn't as huge as they had anticipated.

Since they had reached late, they couldn't spend much time at the venue either because they had to catch a flight to Mumbai, " informs our source.

Now Imran comes handy

However, by the time she reached the airport, the check-in counters for her return flight had closed.

"Obviously, she wasn't too pleased with the way her day was going., " said our source, adding that fortunately for her, help came in the form of her co-actor Imran Khan.

"Although he was returning by another airline, Imran helped Katrina secure a reservation on Oman Air, with a stop-over at Muscat."

It was earlier resported how it took Katrina 16 hours to reach Mumbai while her co-actors reached in under 10 hours (Hitlist, September 13)

But at the end of it all, it's proof enough that whether in India or abroad, whenever she's in trouble, the first person Katrina calls is Salman, to bail her out.

Courtesy: Mid-Day.com