Kareena Kapoor is floored

ActrESS Kareena Kapoor is floored by the response she got after she lent her voice for an audio book for visually impaired women. A source says that Kareena was keen on embarking on such a venture since long but couldn’t make time for it owing to her busy schedules.

“But she finally found the time and the right project too,” says a source.  The book talks about holistic health and hands down a step-by-step guide to good health. Kareena has partnered this project with her dietician of almost a decade.

“There was some demand for a book for visually impaired women. In this day and age where everybody is launching fitness DVDs, nobody spared a thought for visually challenged women who cannot see these DVDs or read books on fitness. That is why Kareena was keen on this project,” says the source.

And though Kareena knew that what she was getting into was risky territory, she was not prepared for the loads of thank you fan messages after she recorded the audio book, says the source.

The audio-book has been made available as CDs and also as a downloadable file where Kareena narrates her food experiences and also the correct way of maintaining a diet. The rest of the book has been narrated by her dietician.

“We already had an advance booking for the book and we wanted to print one lakh copies. The concept (of an audio-book) has really been well-received,” an official confirmed.

Kareena is probably the first Bollywood star who has lent her support for an initiative as unique as this. There are rumours that the star is penning a book too but there’s no official confirmation on this from the star herself.

“Kareena is a very good writer. She is open to the idea of writing a book someday but she knows that now it is not the time as she is very busy. She could barely make time for the audio-book and she is very happy that her fans are receiving the tips on maintaining a correct diet so well. She wants to work more on spreading more awareness about this,” says a source close to the actress.