“In my opinion, I don’t see deep friendships working here, because of the simple reason that one is honestly too busy with the work, and the little time they get, they obviously want to spend with their family,” says Katrina Kaif, recently chosen as Asia’s sexiest woman, when pondering on the question of friendship between actresses in Bollywood. “Also, it’s very competitive here, it becomes really bad sometimes. I would like to say, however, that Preity (Zinta) is one actress who’s fun to work with. She has this exceptional quality in her that allows you to really trust her.”

And what about Salman Khan? Let’s get straight to the point. Are they going to get married? “I’m very young right now,” explains Katrina, “I’m just 24 and very happy with the way things are going. I have been very lucky to have achieved so much. I can only speak for myself but I would say that presently I don’t want things to change for me. I want to stay like this for some more time.”

Okay, so what about Akshay Kumar? Are they an on-screen jodi? “I’m happy that we are being seen like that,” she says, “But I have done films with Abhishek, Bobby, Sunny, Akshay, Saif, Salman and Akshaye Khanna, but people always pick Akshay out of the lot. Race was a superhit, but you never hear or read about me with Saif.”