Has Katrina Kaif been faking her identity?

From her ‘boom’bastic roots to her current status Reigning Queen Bee of Indian Cinema… Katrina Kaif seems to have been there, and done it all. But according to her former mentor-turned- avoid-at-all-costs nemesis Ayesha Shroff, Ms. Kaif may have a few more skeletons tucked away in her closet that maybe, are best kept secret from millions of her adoring fans.

In a recent interview with a prominent Indian tabloid, Ms. Shroff unwittingly let the Kat out of the bag. She claims that the British-born actress isn’t Kashmiri by any stretch of imagination, and that her name (as it appears on her passport) is a very non-desi Katrina Turquotte. Kaif, it turns out, was a well-planned second choice to the more religiously-charged Kazi, which Katrina felt, would alienate some of her more non-secular audience.

Hmmm… smart move Ms. Kaif, but it certainly doesn’t earn you any major brownie points as far as authenticity and honesty are concerned. If your Bollywood stint is any indicator of times to come, does this mean we can soon expect a Rosa Karamchand (Catalano) or a Giselle Mehta (Monteiro) to storm the Bollywood front… all under the guise of a fake Indian ancestry?

The final straw? Ms. Kaif had no qualms accepting the mantle of the desi Barbie doll, even though her Indian-ness is nothing more than a fake popularity-mongering scam!