Kareena Kapoor

Kareena Kapoor attempts to seduce new Don Shah Rukh Khan to the beat of Ye Mera Dil Pyar Ka Deewana September 14, 2006

Comparisons may be odious but if you are acting in a remake of Don, a film that acquired a cult status, they are also inevitable.

Kareena Kapoor, 25, whose performance in Vishal Bhardwaj’s recent Omkara drew critical acclaim, makes a cameo appearance in the Farhan Akhtar remake, slated for a release this Diwali.

In the film Kareena attempts to seduce the new Don (Shah Rukh Khan) with a dance sequence performed to the beat of a remixed ‘Ye Mera Dil Pyar Ka Deewana’, one of the two songs retained from the original film.

For those who have not seen the original Don Kareena’s cameo will be just an item number. Others will compare it with the performance by the inimitable Helen.

Explaining her cameo in Idol Chat on CNN-IBN a few weeks earlier Kareena said, “Its great. I am nervous because I don’t think I could ever match up to Helen aunty. What she has done is something else altogether and there is absolutely no comparison.”

But why did the popular actress agree to do a cameo in Don? To relive the Asoka magic, perhaps! Well, SRK and Kapoor were last seen together in Santosh Sivan’s Ashoka and she is excited at being paired opposite SRK, after a gap of five years.

Don’s preview video clips show Kapoor turned out in a gold and brocade outfit. The dance sequence is choreographed by Farah Khan while the music is by Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy. It may be recalled that in Chandra Barot’s original, Asha Bhonsle was the voice of Helen on screen. This time round, the song has been sung by Sunidhi Chauhan.

Blue-eyed Kareena Kapoor stands 5’5” (175 cm) tall, and made her Bollywood debut with Abhishekh Bachan in J. P. Dutta’s Refugee (2000). The film did not do too well at the Box Office but talented Kareena struck the right chord with the audience. Younger sister of Karishma Kapoor, she has never needed to look back.

Some industry sources then revealed that Kareena’s Bollywood launch was delayed so that her sister could have a head start. However, the two are said to be very close. This is evident from what Kareena herself said: “We are always looking out for each other. We’re sisters first and everything else later!”

Kareena has always taken a strong stand for her beau and fellow-actor Shahid Kapoor. The two returned from a holiday in England only last week. The twosome also set the ramp on fire at the Wills Fashion Show held in Delhi.[source:sawf.com]