Have Salman Khan and Katrina really broken

HAVE Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif really broken up this time? The buzz has been gathering ground over the past few days, though both the Bollywood stars are not willing to confirm.

I have never said that she ( Katrina) is my girlfriend. We were friends for everybody then and we are friends even now. We kept it at that and I maintain that position even now," Salman said while refusing to come clear on the latest breakup rumours.

Katrina's reply on break- up queries has been diplomatic. She has neither confirmed nor denied the reports. " I don't think any of us know the future. I have learnt from my experience that you really cannot make plans. God has made his own plans for you," she said.

Industry insiders, meanwhile, are floating various reasons for a possible break- up at this point. Some cite Katrina's of-late closeness to Ranbir Kapoor. Others insist Katrina feels alienated because of Salman's reported unwillingness to get married. A section of the industry feels Katrina, now a superstar in her own right, doesn't need Salman anymore to push her career.

A big reason why these reports have been doing the rounds is also because of Ranbir Kapoor's entry. It all started with the buzz that Katrina got quite cosy with Ranbir on the sets of Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani and later Raajneeti . Apparently, Salman was quite upset about it. And recently, when Ranbir was in Delhi to endorse an automobile brand, Katrina was in town, too. They are rumoured to have met and spent long hours together in the Capital.

Still others have dubbed it as a mere publicity stunt. " In Bollywood, ninety per cent gossip about the personal lives of stars are generated by the stars themselves, who then go on to deny such reports and blame the media for irresponsible reporting," says an industry insider, not wishing to be named.