Why Kareena will not do a "Dirty Picture"

Kareena Kapoor feels Vidya Balan is the hero of 2011 and her performance in The Dirty Picture "has changed the game". The actor, however admits, most likely, she would not have taken up the film. "I don't know if I would have taken the risk...," says the actor.

Kareena Kapoor feels Vidya Balan is the hero of 2011 and her performance in The Dirty Picture "has changed the game". The actor, however admits she would most likely not have taken up the film.

"I don't know if I would have taken the risk but even if I did I would have balanced it out by making sure there is a Salman or Shah Rukh in the film so that even if the film flops there is some thing that will balance it."

When posed with the question, Kareena paused a bit and said "I don't know, may be I should ask Saif this. He hasn't even watched it. Everytime I ask him to watch it he says yeah yeah, perhaps he's afraid that I'd want to do something similar."

While awed by Kahaani performance the astute observer pointed out, quite correctly that The Dirty Picture had its share of masala moments which pulled the crowd to the theaters - in terms of costumes, make-up and the "fake orgasm".

Asked if she's the fourth Khan today, Kareena, without batting an eyelid said: "Vidya is the true hero of 2011."

Kareena says though good scripts work, it is still the star power that rules the industry.

Bollywood actor Kareena Kapoor

"There are a lot of director who come to me with brilliant scripts but don't have the money to finance it. But our industry sadly doesn't run only on good scripts, Bodyguard wasn't one of the best scripts but it earned so much because of Salman in it," Kareena said.



On marriage

Actor Kareena Kapoor, who is busy shooting for Madhur Bhandarkar's Heroine, says she will get married to beau Saif Ali Khan by the end of the year.



Reports suggested that the Bollywood couple was planning to tie the knot after the release of Saif's home production Agent Vinod this March but Kareena says they are in no rush.



"I will get married hopefully by the end of this year... because I am busy doing Heroine and I have to finish the film first. We are not yet going to announce the date. We are in no such rush but it will happen this year," said Kareena, who was in the Capital to attend the India Today Conclave.

Kareena Kapoor thinks Vidya Balan's performance in The Dirty Picture has changed the game

On male-dominated Bollywood

The actor, who comes from a filmy background, says things have changed a lot in Bollywood except the fact that male actors are still paid more than their female counterparts.



"How much ever things change in Bollywood, male actors have always been paid more than females... when it comes to numbers I am no where close to any of the Khans. So for me it's not about replacing the men in our industry but doing the best I can.



"There are a lot of women-centric roles that I am being offered and not just being an eye candy in the film. I think Vidya Balan's The Dirty Picture has changed the entire game," Kareena said.