Mumbai,May 28: It’s been almost a year since the tense strains of the Salman-Katrina relationship have been visible to the public, and now, after months of speculation over the outcome of this growing tension, the couple has finally called it quits.
This breakup seems to have been in the pipeline for a while now, since rumours of both Salman’s and Katrina’s relationships with the likes of Asin and Ranbir Kapoor have made headlines for the last few months.
Salman has hardly made a secret of his affections for southern beauty Asin, for whom he bought a puppy, or for the German supermodel Claudia Ceisla whom he calls his ‘special friend’ and has even introduced to his family.
Meanwhile Katrina’s chemistry with Ranbir, especially on the sets of Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani has not please Salman, who was already upset with his ladylove signing one film after another with Akshay Kumar.
To add to Salman’s insecurities, Katrina made it crystal clear that her career came before everything, and she insisted on maintaining her own friendships despite Salman’s many fallouts, for instance, while Salman’s fight with SRK was intense and was one of the highlights of 2008, Katrina made sure her relationship with SRK remains intact.
She even toured with him on his Temptations world tour, something that did not go down well with Salman.
Recent reports claimed that Salman had repeatedly asked Katrina to marry him, but the young lady refused. She claimed that she was refusing because it would affect her career, but it could well be that the two were just not compatible with each other anymore.
Salman and Katrina started dating in 2004, shortly after Katrina moved to India to pursue her Bollywood career. Salman pushed her a lot, and used all his contacts and goodwill to make sure she got roles.
–Agencies