With Ek Tha Tiger inching close to its release on August 15, promotions are about to begin in full swing. At the same time, the Dhoom 3 team including Aamir Khan, Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra will be leaving for their Chicago shoot on August 4. But with Salman Khan insisting on Katrina being alongside him in all of Ek Tha Tiger’s promotions, Yash Raj Films, makers of both Ek Tha Tiger and Dhoom 3, have had no option but relent to the star’s demands and allow Katrina to join the Chicago schedule of Dhoom 3 only after August 15. Both the YRF spokesperson and Katrina’s business manager confirmed the development saying, “She will join the cast and crew of Dhoom 3, who are leaving for Chicago in the first week of August, only later. Reason being she has to be there for Ek Tha Tiger’s promotions, with the film releasing in the second week of August.” Meanwhile, a source close to the film said, “Salman wants to do all the film’s promotions with Katrina. Agreed, she is the female lead but a lot of times, due to simultaneous shooting schedules, actresses do skip a few promotions else do them in advance. For instance, Kareena could not make it for all the promotional events of Bodyguard as she was shooting endlessly for RA.One. that was close to release at the time.” Added the source, “However, since Salman has specifically mentioned they will do joint promotions, nothing much can be done except pushing Katrina’s Dhoom 3 dates ahead. And since both are YRF films, the makers too are in a spot and have agreed to Salman’s demands.” However, given that Katrina and Aamir have worked hard on their stunts and their look in Dhoom 3, YRF would have been happier to start off the schedule with them first, the source said.
