B-Town is abuzz with Ritesh and Jacqueline's growing friendship

B-Town is getting chatting about a budding dosti between Riteish Deshmukh and Jacqueline Fernandes, What does this mean for his 'girlfriend'?

B-Town is getting chatting about a budding dosti between Riteish Deshmukh and Jacqueline Fernandes, What does this mean for his 'girlfriend'?

We don't know yet what this means in terms of Ritiesh Deshmukh and Genelia D' Souza's love story, but B-Town is abuzz with talk of the growing friendship with his co-star and former Miss Sri Lanka, Jacqueline Fernandes.

Speculation is rife whether this relationship is purely platonic. Interestingly, his relationship with Genelia began on the sets of their first film, Tujhe Meri Kasam. Right now, Riteish has more films with Jackie (as he fondly calls her).

Riteish and the beauty pageant winner first came together in Aladdin. They hit it off instantly, and soon became friends. No one thought anything was amiss when she signed (at his recommendation) her second filmu00a0--u00a0Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Haiu00a0-- with him. But when the new actress was added to a song Apni Toh Jaise Taise in Riteish's next film,u00a0 Housefull, it raised a few doubts. Especially because the film already has three leading ladiesu00a0-- Deepika Padukone, Lara Dutta and Jiah Khan.

Nazar mein...
It is learnt that when producer Sajid Nadiadwala and Sajid Khan were searching for an actress for the song, Riteish convinced them to take Jackie. Although Nadiadwala wanted a more known actress, he ultimately relented. Also, the duo have been bonding on microblogging website Twitter frequently, while any such interaction with girlfriend Genelia is completely missing. But what really got their closeness noticed, was when a recent awards ceremony they sat together in the front row, while Genelia was seated somewhere in the back.
Riteish says, "I am not bothered by gossip.u00a0

I am very fond of Jacqueline as she's a very nice girl. She is just a good friend. If we have been spotted having coffee together Sujoy (Ghosh), and Vishal-Shekhar have been with us. We sat together during the Filmfare awards as we were to walk the red carpet together but because of lack of time that was scrapped."

Riteish denies that he had nothing to do with her entry into Housefull, "According to popular belief, I haven't

Gudi Padwa pooja ke liye koi na dooja?

Now, we all know how important festival a festival Gudi Padwa is for Maharastrians (and do note how Riteish Deshmukh's constant co-star and fond friend, Jacqueline Fernandes has donned a sari solely for the occasion). Makes you wonder... is Jackie trying to please the family? Or are these two sending out a message to the world? Consider how the girlfriend (Genelia) has never really posed with Riteish too often or so khullam-khulla!

been recommending Jackie in films. As far as the song in Housefull is concerned, I heard Jackie was doing the song days before it was shot.

I didn't know who Sajid (Khan) had signed before that. She was signed for Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai during Aladdin. Sujoy (Aladdin's director) and Milap Zhaveri (JKSAH director) are good friends, Milap saw portions of the film, liked her and decided to cast her."