Dosti mein daraar! Aditya Chopra gives Katrina Kaif the cold shoulder

Aditya Chopra is known to work almost exclusively with actors and actresses he launches. Katrina Kaif was an exception. He offered her three films under his banner — Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, Ek Tha Tiger and Dhoom 3. 

The filmmaker and the actress became friends and had a healthy respect for each other. It was a mutual admiration society. Till Kat refused a film offered to her by him.  

Says a source, “Adi is not a forgiving person. He felt slighted when Kat turned down Gunday when he offered it to her. The studio owner expects blind loyalty from his people. which is why the people who are launched by YRF swear allegiance to the studio every chance they get. He felt he’d done Kat a big favour by offering her some great roles and a chance to work with a director like Kabir Khan, when very few big directors had faith in her. He felt she should have reciprocated the gesture and agreed to act in Gunday, even if she wasn’t happy with her part.”

The source further adds, “Kat has been trying to build bridges with him ever since, but Adi is not in a forgiving mood for now. Strangely, even though her beau Ranbir Kapoor acted in a YRF film at the start of his career, they haven’t offered him another role in the last five years. Kat is hoping that Adi will have a change of heart soon. She has dropped in a few times at YRF but received an icy treatment from the producer-director. But she is hopeful.”