Salman Khan's girlfriend

In a previous post, I’d talked about Sallu’s inexplicable Aishwarya fixation, the highlights of which were a Kajra re rip off executed to creep-worthy perfection by a fading Preity Zinta, and a certain Ms. Ullal who could make mega-bucks as an Ash look-alike should she choose to revive her long-forgotten B-town ambitions.

At that time, I’d summed it up to an Ash-reflux or hangover… but lately, it seems like Salman bhai’s uncanny fixation with cheap imitations of his Bollywood Queen-Bee girlfriends is going a tad too far.

According to recent reports by a leading Mumbai rag, Sallu is keen on making a Parisian romantic saga starring a newfound phirang unknown. Hardly surprising, considering his past ‘international venture’ (read: Bollywood dud) named Marigold featured a very confused-looking Ali Larter, and sank without a trace at the box-office.

However, interestingly enough, Sallu’s latest venture comes with a strict set of instructions to an unnamed French casting agency – they have been asked to look for a female lead who looks distinctly Caucasian with subtle hints of desi khoobsoorti. In other, less complicated words, Sallu’s on the lookout for a Katrina Kaif lookalike.

Which brings us to a very pertinent question – Why?

What’s Sallu’s motive behind this seemingly-bizarre need to swap his girlfriends with lesser-known substitutes? Of course, being the diplomat that he is, Sallu’s publicist vehemently insists that the only reason for this Kat-swap is because Salman and Katrina have mutually agreed to not star together.

But given Ms. Kaif’s recent rebellious episodes on national television which had her hugging a nervous Neil Nitin Mukesh much to the surprise of an uncomfortable-looking Salman, is this his macho-dude way of telling Katrina:

“Sorry girlfriend, I know you think you’re too hot and all… but look at what I found! A girl who looks, talks and walks like you, and hopefully will be much more grateful to the family she’s piggy-backing on to, for Bollywood success”?

If memory serves accurately (which I’m sure it does), Sallu also pulled a clone-coup on his hoity girlfriend with his choice of actresses in his forthcoming film titled Veer which features a very Katrina-resembling Zarine Khan. And this, after Sallu bhai rubbishes all reports of a split between his larger-than-life self and Katrina.

Hmmm… I have no clue about which way this star-studded romance is headed, but one thing’s for sure – it’s sure going to be very interesting to watch how it eventually shapes up!