Sonakshi gets into Katrina's bath-tub

It is her first television ad campaign.And Sonakshi Sinha riding high after the Dabangg and the slew of awards last year, has bagged the coveted campaign as the brand ambassador for Dyna soap. The soap was earlier endorsed by Katrina Kaif. Coincidentally both the divas are Salman Khan’s protégées.

So you would think there would be tension between the two divas, specially since Sonakshi is doing a spate of Salman films. But no such thing!

The two ladies get along very well, thank you. Sonakshi is full of admiration for her senior and thinks Katrina conducts herself in the entertainment industry with great dignity.

She doesn’t think she has replaced Katrina in the soap ad.

Says the sprightly softspoken Sonakshi, “Katrina had done the Dyna campaign many years back and they haven't had a brand ambassador after her. So like every brand and celebrity move on, so have Dyna and Katrina. She has moved to Lux. I’ve come into Dyna, Simple!:”

Sonakshi is glad to be successor to Katrina in the ad. “Not every newcomer gets to represent one of the highest-selling soaps in the country."

What was it like shooting the campaign specially since it required Sonakshi to get into a bath tub?

Says Sonakshi, "It was good fun. The team was excellent the shoot went off smoothly.I wasn't the least selfconscious about the way it was shot. It's a very aesthetically shot ad. It was completely in my comfort zone."

Interestingly both Katrina and Sonakshi are very particular about appearing dignified on screen.

As Sonakshi puts it. “Just getting into a bath-tub doesn’t mean one has to be unaesthetic.”

Sonakshi scores over Kat in Joker

It is fashionable to take Katrina Kaif's name with or without good reason. Since she is the most desirable woman is Bollywood, most heroines have a bee in their bonnet about her.

Check this out. Unknown to the junta, there is a lot of in-fighting happening in the studio corridors; with the Bollywood beauties fighting for their share of the meat.

News has it that Katrina Kaif and Sonakshi will do an item number in Shirish Kunder's Joker, but it hardly means that all is well between these two Salman favourites.

It is said that Kat was reportedly fielding for director Prabhu Devaa's film with Akshay Kumar. And, even before the most desirable woman in B-town could fire her last salvo, the Wanted director signed young Sonakshi.

Sonakshi, of course, is not even aware that Kat or any other heroine was in the race for this Sanjay Leela Bhansali production. Says she, "It will be an awesome experience working with varied people like Akshay, Prabhu Sir and Mr Bhansali (the producer) in the same film. I love the subject and I'm sure I will enjoy the experience of shooting this film.''

One also hears that Katrina and Sonakshi are both vying for Sohail Khan's South-Indian remake opposite Salman Khan, that is likely to go on the floors after Salman completes Bodyguard. Let's see who Salman favours this time around?

 There is a strong buzz that Katrina Kaif has teamed up for the first time with Shah Rukh Khan in Yash Chopra's next directorial venture that will go on the floors in April 2011.