Asin-Zarine can't stand each other

Buzz is that Salman Khan's ladies, Asin Thottumkal and Zarine Khan, cannot stand each other.

The two, who are also part of the same project as Sallu (Ready) are smartly concealing their feelings because they don't want to offend Sallu. We hear that Asin and Zarine are very cordial to each other every time they meet and even hold hands to show how much they bond. But the twist comes when people are not noticing them. Both, it seems, have been saying how the other is not comfortable with each others presence. While Zarine feels Asin's behaviour towards her changes from being discourteous to even rude, Asin says she has to put up with Zarine - the newbie - as the latter is Salman's doe-eyed girl. Quite a catfight this one can emerge to be. We certainly want nothing short of a pow wow!

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Sonakshi isn't my best friend: Zarine

To a girl looking in from the outside, being labelled a Katrina Kaif doppelganger would be a compliment worthy to boost a young lady's self-esteem for quite sometime.

But for Salman's protégé Zarine Khan, who has been trying to recover from her debut in the box-office flop Veer, it has been more of a bane in her professional life.

The actress revealed, "You know after the release of Veer, I was lost. The film did not do as well as expected and I was not getting big offers.

Only new directors were approaching me. Then, there were all these comparisons about me being a Katrina Kaif look-alike and how I would eventually disappear like Sneha Ullal.

I was very insecure and had no film background. However, it's been over a year and with work coming in, I have been able to dispel all talks about me disappearing. However, now I have to shed one more issue and that's being a Katrina look alike."

The uncanny resemblance to Kaif has funnily enough made people believe Zarine too is from the UK. And with her British background being spread with conviction she is rumoured to have difficulty speaking Hindi. However, Zarine set the record straight, as she said, "There is this misconception that I am from UK and I am 26-27 years old.

The fact is I have been born and raised in Bombay and I am just 23 years old. I don't know why everyone feels that I can't speak Hindi. I cannot only speak Hindi but also Marathi and that too fluently. Mujhe koi problem nahi hai. I just hope that once and for all, it is clear."

Also, having a Dabangg Khan in your corner comes with the difficult task of dealing with the other ladies in his life, who are competing for his attention. Just recently, we heard how Sonakshi, green with envy, pushed Zarine at one of Salman's parties.

Zarine, the diplomat, laughed and simply said, "I don't think anyone needs to be insecure as Salman gives attention to everyone.

I won't say that Sonakshi is my best friend. We don't go out for coffee and have long conversations, however, there is no bad blood. When the news came out, Sonakshi smsed me and all is fine."

Although, she is happy with the attention Salman gives her, he has not been the only man to have catapulted Zarine's career. Contrary to popular belief, it was Sajid Naidawala and not Salman who offered her the role in Housefull 2.

Incidentally, Zarine's aunt and Sajid's sister have been friends for 20 years. Zarine said, "Sajid has practically seen me growing up. My aunt used to stay in the same building. However I started interacting with Sajid only after I joined the film industry."

With all the criticism she received for being overweight in Veer, the actress is all geared up to reveal her enviable look in Housefull 2.

She excitedly said, "Everybody wrote me off. People said I was very overweight but no one understood that I had to gain weight for the film. However, I had to really work hard to get back to what I am today.

The results are now to be seen. Now, with Housefull 2, I will be able to surprise people. I am work out twice a day and follow a strict diet."

Zarine's still on Sallu's radar!

Once a Salman protege, always a Salman protege. If you thought that he had forgotten Zarine Khan who he had launched in Veer, you have another thing coming.

She still reaches out to him whether she needs advice/help. And yes, he is guiding her career and has been instrumental in her meeting with key people in the industry. The girl is now starring in his buddy Sajid Nadiadwala's Housefull 2 and has also done an item number in Salman Khan's Ready.

Clearly she managed to get these movies only because he is trying to help her find her feet in the industry after her dud-ly debut. Salman can't help but help out these girls. But Zarine is misreading his goodness and is totally fida over him. She has been telling the world how much she adores Salman and how without him she would be a nowhere. Wow, she figured that out!

Salman gave Zarine a glamorous makeover

Zarine Khan credits her " Veer" co-star Salman Khan for her cameo in director Anees Bazmee's " Ready" and says she has got a very glamorous makeover for the role. 

"It's a cameo with a club song. Salman offered me to do this and I would never say no to Salman," Zarine, who made her Bollywood debut with "Veer", told

This is a little role, would cause an image makeover after showing a traditional Indian look in "Veer", maintains Zarine.

"I also found it quite exciting specially after 'Veer' because there I had a totally Indianised look, totally covered and after that it is like total 360 degree makeover, a very glamorous avatar," said Zarine adding: "We shot for it for three days in a club in Bangkok. I'm really waiting for people reaction about this song."

Her formal training in dance came in handy for the song.

"I have learnt different dance forms like Bharatnatyam and belly dancing. The latter really helped me to get the moves in this club song very easily," said the 26-year-old.

Asked if she has signed any other project, she said: "There are two projects in the pipeline, which I am going to sign very soon, but I don't want to talk about them, till I sign them."

Salman gives second chance to Zarine

Zarine Khan, the Katrina look-alike who went unnoticed after her debut flop 'Veer' will make her comeback with an item number in Salman's Ready. 

 Remember Zarine Khan? The Katrina Kaif look-alike who made her debut last year alongside Salman Khan in Veer! The film might have come and gone and Zarine Khan might have gone unnoticed. But the actress seems to have got another chance in Bollywood thanks to Salman Khan again.

"The actress is close to Salman Khan and Salman is known to help out his good friends. So he got Zarine an item number in his upcoming film Ready ", says a source. The actress shot this item number with Salman in Bangkok. The song is choreographed by Raju Khan and Mudassar Khan.

Zarine hasn't done any film after her debut film Veer bombed badly at the box-office. After playing a traditional character in Veer , this item number will have Zarine in a hot-n-happening avatar. And knowing what item numbers have been doing to actresses off late, seems like Zarine might just get a new lease of life.