When  Kareena  Kapoor  saw   Saif  dressed up as a Sardarji at a trial show of  Imtiaz Ali’s Love Aaj Kal she couldn’t recognize  him

So complete was Saif’s transformation that  seen  out of context Kareena  failed to recognize Saif  in the sequences featuring him  as a Sardarji

“This has got  to be  the most convincing disguise  ever on screen. Even I got taken in ,” says Kareena appreciatively.  “People  will forget Saif is a Khan. He’ll think he’s a Sardarji.”

Tell her Kareena’s cousin  Ranbir is also  playing  a Sardar in  Shimit  Amin’s film and  she  quips, “Ranbir has  a tough act  to  follow up.”

And now Kareena has made a decision  on Saif’s behalf. She won’t let anyone take Saif’s talent for granted, not even Saif  himself.

When Aamir Khan decided to  get  some of  his  A-Lister  colleagues together for a meeting about the  deadlock between  film producers and multiplex owners  he also  called up Saif Ali Khan whose  instant reaction was, “Why me?”

Explains Kareena, “Saif just doesn’t  take himself  seriously enough. When Aamir  invited  him for a very exclusive  meeting  about the  crisis  regarding  the  release   of films Saif ‘s reaction  was  to  wonder why he’s being invited for such an  important meeting.”

Saif feels Kareena  needs  to take  himself  more seriously now. “After his performance in Love Aaj Kal and  Rensil d’Silva’s  film I’m  convinced Saif’s best  time begins  now. But he doesn’t know how to market himself.”

Sadly, Saif has no time  to  imbibe Kareena’s strategies on  career management.

No time for  love! That could be the theme  song  for  the Saif-Kareena relationship at  the  moment.

Because Saif has  absolutely no  time for love…or Kareena.

“His first love these days  is  Love Aaj Kal, his first production. Saif lives eats breathes and sleeps  with  the film these days. He has no  time for anything else,” grumbles  Kareena  godnaturedly, and adds she has seen Love Aaj Kal twice.

  “This  is Saif’s best  performance after Omkara.  I’m so proud of  him. Love Aaj Kal is as much my baby as   Saif’s .I’m going  to be  completely involved  in  the publicity  marketing everything. This is our first production and  we’re going to  make it rock.” - SAMPURN (Subhash K Jha)