/> "It looks like my days of chilling out are numbered. Now it's work work work for the rest of the year," sighs Kareena as she spends some (more) quality time with Shahid.

The two will be together for a long schedule of Imtiaz Ali's film which begins on April 1.

Says Kareena, "We'll be shooting in Pataiala. I've never visited that city before. Also I get to play this really loud Punjabi woman, which I haven't done before. Shahid plays a quiet character. Come to think of it, I've been awfully quiet in my recent films like Aitraaz and Omkara. About time I came out of the shell."

Kareena also gets to go blissfully rustic in Mani Rathnam's Lajjo. Considering everyone is commenting on how svelte chic and urbane she looked on Koffee With Karan wouldn't the rustic act be a little hard to carry out?

"Not at all! That's where the talent comes in," she ripostes "In fact in the Yashraj film that comes between Imtiaz Ali and Mani Rathnam's films, I play an extremely glamorous woman. So it'll balance itself out."

Kareena brought in Shahid's 25th birthday in Goa instead of the foreign spot that they intended to visit for the occasion.

"We had no time," explain Kareena. "I had to fly back to Mumbai to collect my Filmfare award...I keep bumping into my Omkara director Vishal Bhardwaj at all these awards functions. I wish he's sign me for my next."