Bollywood tongues are wagging (don’t they always?) that there’s a new girl in Ranbir Kapoor’s life and her name is Nargis Fakhri. The half-Czech, half-Pakistani gal is an American model and has already been seen with Kapoor Jr. on a couple of significant occasions. This means that the hot-blooded Kapoor is not going out with Katrina Kaif, and those who know Kat and Ranbir well believe it’s because of Nargis Fakhri that things got sour between the leading film pair. Apparently Nargis will soon be seen in a flick, Rockstar, alongside Ranbir.

Hmm… does it seem like someone’s here to knock Katrina off her pedestal? Speaking of Katrina, the girl has been asked by some fortunetellers to use a different spelling for her name. This happened after she suffered a string of failures: Tees Maar Khan came a cropper; her IPL brand ambassadorship vanished into thin air; and offers to work in TVCs became few and far between. According to one jotshi, “I would suggest her to spell her name as Katrinna Kaif or Katreena Kaif for it to vibrate on an auspicious number, so her reign would continue without much interruption. Also, wearing a pearl and an emerald on her small finger would help her attain mental peace and take her decisions much more calmly.”

We also have a suggestion: it’s time she learnt how to act.

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