Kareena Kapoor in Bodyguard Movie 2010

Kareena will star opposite Salman Khan in Bodyguard.

It's not Katrina Kaif but Kareena Kapoor who will star opposite Salman Khan in Siddiqui's Bodyguard. The film was originally made in Malayalam by Siddiqui who is presently remaking the Tamil version with Asin in the lead role.

The news was confirmed by producer Atul Agnihotri, who says that the director from the South always wanted Kareena as she fitted the role of a college student pursuing her MBA perfectly. This was after he spotted her in 3 Idiots. As for the news of Katrina Kaif starring in the film, Agnihotri dismissed it as speculation.

"We were waiting to show Kareena the film. We had already spoken to her about it and talks were on. But she hadn't seen the original and couldn't commit to the project without watching it. Kareena was in Mumbai recently for a brief period and that's when we showed her the film. She liked the film and immediately agreed to be a part of it,” says Agnihotri. The film is set in North India and is likely to take off early next year.