Kareena Kapoor's mantra – Mani, Mani, Mani

Actress Kareena Kapoor holds filmmaker Mani Ratnam in high esteem.The gorgeous damsel has been an ardent fan of Mani Ratnam for a long time now. She claims to have seen all of Ratnam’s movies. She has watched Roja and Bombay many times.

Her dream to work with the talented filmmaker came true two years ago with Yuva in which she was paired with Vivek Oberoi. Kareena says Ratnam is a filmmaker who extracts the best out of his actors.To drive her point home, she is full of appreciation for Abhishek Bachchan’s performance in Ratnam’s latest flick Guru . Kareena says she was bowled over by the movie and deeply moved by Abhi’s performance in it.And she is extremely excited about the fact that she will be the leading lady in Ratnam’s next movie Lajjo .The film will also have Kareena pairing with Aamir Khan for the first time. However, Kareena will have to hold her excitement for many months because the shooting of ‘Lajjo’ will begin by the end of 2007.Kareena, who has not shot for any movie for a long time now (the song in Don was her last assignment), will soon return to action. She is said to be reading a couple of new scripts and might sign a movie or two in the coming days.

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