Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:53 am by 
In a recent interview to a Mumbai tabloid, Ayesha Shroff said that Katrina Kaif
is a fictitious name that they concocted for the British born actress.
Katrina Kaif has been tom-tomming around town that her mother is British and her father is Kashmiri which is why
she has the Indian surname and is sort-of Indian in her appearance (the raven hair especially).
Ayesha Shroff, who gave Katrina Kaif her big Bollywood break in 2003 in the form of , said
that Katrina’s real name
is Katrina Turquotte and that is what it was on her passport at the time of in 2003.
Obviously it looked and read very British and was hard to pronounce for Indian audiences, which is why they
changed it to Kaif. Kazi was an option but they didn’t agree on that because of the religious overtone.
A source gave us some more masala on Katrina. “She used to work to support her huge family and she didn’t
have a very respectable job in London. Kaizad Gustad picked up the very attractive lass off the streets of London.
The makers of concocted the Kashmir father-Brit mother story so that Indian audiences would accept her.
When she came to India, she got friendly with Salman Khan and his family, which worked very well in her favour as
her recommended her to directors and producers. It is amazing how she has lied all this while that
she is an Indian girl because she absolutely isn’t. She may be very coy, classy and prim-and-propah now
but her behavior on the sets of was nothing like that or like a well-behaved Indian girl. She was more
comfortable being sexy then but now she wants to dress up from head-to-toe.”He adds,
“Now she is an inspirational icon as she opened doorways for wannabe actresses in India by establishing herself.
What she has achieved is commendable in spite of the cultural and language barriers. Katrina has learnt Hindi, Bollywood
dancing and her acting has also improved. She adds to the glamour of films. With her bangin’ bod and gorgeous
face, she makes it work.”We are wondering how Katrina, who has hoodwinked the country,
can be called the Indian likeness of a Barbie because she isn’t Indian at all. We wonder what
other skeletons will come out of the closet with time?
