Kareena Kapoor & Salman Khan Romance in ‘Bodyguard’

Salman’s next film with Siddiqui ‘Bodyguard’ was officially announced recently, and there was a lot of buzz, as speculations were rife as to who would be Salman’s arm candy. But it’s official now. Kareena will star opposite Salman in the remake of the Malayalam box-office hit film ‘Bodyguard’.

Salman’s sister Alvira and her husband Atul Agnihotri, who bought the Bollywood rights of the Malayalam film, have signed Kareena for the film as they always felt that she would be apt to play the female lead, which was played by South-Indian actress Nayantara in the original version.

According to earlier reports, there had been rumors that Deepika, Asin and Katrina were approached for the role played by Nayantara in the original version, but the producer always felt that Kareena was the best suited heroine for Salman in the film.

Confirming the news about Kareena, Atul stated, "When we saw the original version done by Nayantara, we were convinced that only Bebo could do the Hindi version."

By the way, after ‘Kyon Ki’, and ‘Main Aurr Mrs Khanna’ this would be the third time that Kareena would be sharing screen space with Salman.

Incidentally, it’s believed that the Mollywood director Siddiqui always felt that Kareena would do justice to the character of an MBA student.

Buzz has it that Kareena was not quite sure in the beginning to sign the film, since she had not seen the original version. But interestingly, after seeing the film the gorgeous actress readily agreed to be a part of it.

“We were waiting to show Kareena the film. We had already spoken to her about it and talks were on. But she hadn't seen the original and couldn't commit to the project without watching it. Kareena was in Mumbai recently for a brief period and that's when we showed her the film. She liked the film and immediately agreed to be a part of it,” added Atul.

Presently, this movie is being remade in Tamil as ‘Kaavalan’ with Vijay and Asin in the lead roles. Director Siddhiqui, who directed the original version of the film, has now been told to work on the Hindi version so that it synchronizes well with Salman’s image.