WHO’S ‘THAT GIRL ’ WITH SAIF ALI KHAN?

Venice was where Saif Ali Khan decided to have a moment with a lady other than his wife. Read on to find out who the girl turned out to be!
Words Srividya Menon
The Nawab of Pataudi is a private guy, no surprises there. So much so that he isn’t the kind to like dining in the presence of desis in the pristine locales of Venice, we found out. But what really made the news was when we saw who he was dining with!
Rangoon wrapped up for Saif pretty well this year, and we heard the actor might sign on a movie opposite Anushka Sharma, helmed by Akshat Verma of Delhi Belly fame. But before we talk about this new movie, Saif has dived head on to prepping for Chef.
Getting back to his quirky ways, Saif, who loves to travel in luxury, has always preferred locales where he can escape the clutches of the Bollywood loving Indians, found abroad in vast numbers. That’s common knowledge. But how did we get to know about this?
Well, we spotted a fit and casually dressed Saif dining about in a local restaurant in the immaculate bylanes of exotic Venice, lost in conversation with a pretty girl. Entering the bistro, Saif had made himself comfortable inside. Already seated at the outlet was our source, enjoying the evening in good company, when she spotted Saif looking around for familiar faces (not so much to acknowledge them as to avoid them). Even though there weren’t any, he did find a pair of Indians sitting there enjoying their honeymoon, noticing him. Since they were not being disturbed in any way, other actors may have probably let go the matter without indulging in projected or imagined behavior from fellow Indians, but apparently, Saif quickly called it a day at the bistro and hurried off with his companion! Considering it looked like he intended to have a leisurely evening there, it was surprising what ticked him off.
They say, it always has something to do with the lady.
Well, well… it was sure that the girl Saif shared the table (and the wine) with, wasn’t wife Kareena Kapoor Khan. And it took us quite some time to figure out who the lady was. But don’t get your knickers in a knot. Before you think we’re going to break a scandal here, take a chill pill.

Apparently, the girl with Saif  was his lovely daughter, Sara (from his ex-wife Amrita Singh). Or, Sara, post a brilliant make-over. Although we hear that the girl has transformed herself from being the cute, chubby little princess that we remember her as, we realised the transformation was the reason Saif decided to hurry from the bistro. Sara, who has been signed on by none other than star-maker Karan Johar for the sequel of Dharma’s version of High School Musical – Student Of The Year 2 – along with Shahid Kapoor’s kid brother, Ishaan Khattar, needs to avoid being seen in public. Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra, the actors in the first installment too were famously barred from any media interaction before the official pictures with their looks released. In fact, according to their contracts, even their relatives were barred from leaking/speaking about them before the production house decided to.
However, we managed to capture the father-daughter duo at the table, trying to have a normal conversation before they decided not to take a chance. But then our cat eyes are everywhere!