Sallu bhai the prankster

When Salman and Katrina made an appearance on a TV show recently, the crew were surprised to see Salman Khan ragging Katrina by repeatedly asking her to say 'tagda' as she cannot pronounce many Hindi words (the language is still new to her).

Says a source close to Katrina, "Though Katrina's Hindi diction is improving, she sometimes still fumbles over some words. On the show Salman kept asking Katrina to repeat the word tagda. Even when the camera was turned off, he wouldn't let Katrina get up from her seat till she said it. Poor Katrina went red in the face in front of the crew and the live audience."

Katrina, who is currently shooting in Goa for Raj Kumar Santoshi's Ajab Prem Ki Gajab Kahani says, "Salman fools around with his friends and me 24 hours a day. As if he knows how to say 'tagda' himself properly!" she laughs.

"Even during the shooting of Yuvvraaj, Salman would play pranks on me. I would practise playing the cello and striking the chords in sync with a real orchestra and Salman thought I was taking too much interest in it.

Suddenly he would come up, grab the cello from me and make a big show of how to play it without having a clue about how to play! He clowned around while the musicians in the orchestra looked on in horror!"

Katrina plays a cello player in Yuvvraaj, while Salman is a background singer in the orchestra. The actress, who has paired up with Salman after a long break says, "What I like about Salman and my romance in Yuvvraaj is the fact that Subhashji (Ghai) didn't try and show fake romance but created real and spontaneous moments.

That will be the surprise element in the film."

When asked if she and Salman would feature again in Subhash Ghai's next film Katrina says, "I really don't know."