Katrina Hot Bollywood new queen proven to be box-office gold

Well, apparently, she has proven to be box-office gold.

Her last three films in 2007 – Namastey London (Hello London), Partner and Welcome – raked in profits at the box office.

Box Office India reported that her two comedies, with one of India’s leading male stars – Akshay Kumar – in Namastey London and Welcome, made over 370 million rupees ($13m) and 760 million rupees respectively.

Partner – a Bollywood rip-off of Will Smith’s romantic comedy Hitch which starred Indian comic star Govinda and Katrina’s boyfriend Salman Khan, made over 620 million rupees.

Katrina’s latest film, Race, which co-stars Saif Ali Khan and Bipasha Basu, is also set to be a worldwide hit.

Mumbai tabloid Mid Day reported that the actress is also getting good money just to shake her booty. She reportedly pocketed 10.5 million rupees performing what Bollywood calls an ‘item number’ – where all she has to do is dance and lip synch to one of the soundtracks in the film.

Katrina will be dancing in a new movie called Blue, which stars Sanjay Dutt, her frequent co-star Akshay Kumar and Lara Dutta, to be produced by Mumbai-based movie company Shree Ashtavinayak.

Having sent the cash registers ringing, Katrina is now considered to be somewhat of a ‘lucky mascot’ for Bollywood producers, an industry insider told Mid Day.

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