Kareena reveals all!

I don���t know when last you saw her, but I did on Sunday, from spitting distance in her vanity van at Mehboob Studios.
And never mind size zero, Kareena Kapoor is a dreamboat of a woman, all smouldering sexuality, honest emotions and sensuous curves. Besides, of course, being God���s gift to Saif Ali Khan. I hope he knows this, because she is crazy about him.
���He���s my best friend,��� she told me. ���Being lovers is easy, but remaining friends is tough.��� That kind of honesty is hard to come by anywhere; in Bollywood ��� don���t ask! But I did. What was it that she looked for in her man? Was it sex? Companionship? Or did she require a man in her life 24/7 and so moved from one relationship to another? Kareena pouted, ���Friendship first, and then love. Saif and I were friends right through Tashan. After that, we became lovers. Jab We Met was before I met Saif. I thought, if he can be my best friend, and be such a wonderful father to his kids, the rest will just follow.���
But, given his past, wasn���t it true that while he might be a great lover, he was lousy as a husband? ���There���s no such thing as any man being perfect husband material,��� she shot back, ���the most stable guys make awful husbands. In Saif���s case, I followed my heart and instinct; that always make me happy, especially when I sleep at night. When you follow only your head, you end up frustrated.���
She has, I must admit, the courage of her convictions. How many actresses at the top of their careers have been honest about their relationships to their family, fans, the media? None that I can think of. Did she not fear that sometimes people might tend to forget she is Bollywood���s No 1 actress and think of her only as the woman in Saif���s life?
���By being honest and coming clean, I can hold my head high,��� Kareena replied. Not a trace of irritation at the bluntness of my questions. I pushed further. If he was unwilling to commit to marriage, would she care to have a child out of wedlock with Saif? A love child? ���No,��� she said firmly, ���I���m open about my relationship, but traditional in my values. Saif thinks I���m the most conservative and traditional woman he has known. I tell him, if you have a problem with that, then go be with someone else!���
Was there any other man who turned her on more? ���Apart from Saif, nobody else... But Leo (di Caprio), oh God, he���s unnaturally good looking, he���s hot and also intelligent. I���d enjoy his company,��� she said brightly. Enough to if the opportunity came up, have a fling with him? ���I���m traditional,��� she reminded me, ���I won���t have a fling.���
But this is not all about Saif only, and the love life between Kareena and him, we talked films as well. She���s got a fascinating fistful at the moment. There���s Kambakth Ishq with Akshay, Idiot with Aamir, Mr Aur Mrs Khanna with Salman, Golmal Returns with Ajay, and she���s doing Karan Johar���s next film (���It���s untitled and it���s based on terrorism,��� she revealed) with Saif. ���I���ve chosen the right roles in all of them,��� she said with a look of smug satisfaction. Who was her favourite co-star?
Kareena hummed and hawed a bit, then came up with, ���Akshay, it���s so strange, I���ve done more films with him than Saif. Akshay and I look nice together, I share a comfort level with him, an emotional bond. But I���ve always wanted to do a film with Aamir. And one with Shah Rukh Khan. I���ve not done a love story with Shah Rukh. I was in Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham with him, but opposite Hrithik.���
She being the Queen of Bollywood, did her heroes treat her as being on par, or... ? ���Bollywood is male dominated,��� she admitted, ���but they are a little partial towards me. All of them have worked with my sister. And from way back then, they have treated me like a kid.��� Did she, as a kid, have fantasies about any of these male hunks who were her sister���s co-stars, I asked. ���All of them,��� Kareena replied without batting an eye.
Talking of male hunks, would she do a film with her cousin Ranbir Kapoor, play his lover on screen? The eyebrows shot up, she laughed without embarrassment, ���I don���t think so, and it would be my loss, because Ranbir is fantastic, he���s a brilliant actor. It���s so in his blood, he���s natural on screen. But I don���t know. Maybe Ranbir and I should do a film. Act as friends, perhaps brother and sister, but as lovers... maybe if the audience wants to see us that way. He���s hot and good looking, the best in the family, and I like interesting and different roles, I like taking risks, I���m ready to experiment. Jab We Met was different from Omkara. But I���m hopeful some director will write a film for me. I���d like to do a film like Erin Brockovich. Or be like Meryl Streep in Devil Wears Prada. I hope, at that age, I too have that fire in me that she has.��� That the fire is raging in her at 28, there is no doubt.
She���s at the top of her career, she���s getting a film a day, she believes 24 hours is not enough even if she is facing the camera till 2 am, she���s been open and honest about her relationship and still maintained her popularity, films are her life ��� ���I live, eat, breathe, drink films, often Saif and I slip into suburban multiplexes to enjoy films over a carton of popcorn.��� Popcorn, I asked. ���Yes, I love to eat, I have never been overweight, I���m fit and healthy, always slim. I don���t know what is it about size zero!���