/>Katrina has had it up to here with comedies.

Though she isn't complaining she does protest about the lack of space for women in our comedies. "I've done a series of them.

Even Namaste London was comic, though it offered me a brilliant role. I got a shock when I saw how much of me was there. At least there I was doing the comedy. More often than not the girl just hangs around in our comedies.

I've done that repeatedly from my first film Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya ...It does get a bit boring."

Having got herself what she calls "a body of hits" Katrina is all set to move on. "If you see the new actresses in recent films like Om Shanti Om and Saawariya, they've come in accompanied by a lot of hype.

Every actor has a different career path. Some come in quietly like I do. Others come in with a lot of hype. That wasn't the case with me. And I'm very happy with that."

Now Katrina is looking for more meat in her roles.

"Enough is enough Otherwise audiences would start to believe that being a prop in comedy films is all I can do. I need to progress from playing the sweet simple girl in comedy films.

At the same time I'm aware nobody gets a series of women-oriented roles in this industry except maybe Rani. It took her so long to get there."

So are Welcome and then Singh Is Kinng (both with Akshay Kumar) her last two comedies?

The diplomat in Katrina surfaces. "I wouldn't like to say anything so definite. As for Welcome, I'm quite kicked by it. I believe Raj Kapoor used to watch his films with the soundtrack turned off to see which scenes didn't work.

I remember this one time in Dubai when I was really bored. I watched the rushes of Welcome with the sound turned off, although the director Anees Bazmi was against the idea.

And let me tell you without the sound Welcome was so funny. This film is going to have the audiences hysterical with laughter. More than anything else, Anees Bazmiji is a fantastic writer. I laughed at his scenes while reading it."

Hard to believe. But Welcome was one of the first films that Katrina signed.

"Yes it has been in the making for a long time. Maybe the costumes and hairstyle do look a little out of touch. But hey, it's a comedy. It's all right. They aren't going to watch Welcome for authenticity."

Branded a hit actress, specially with Akshay Kumar, Katrina must be burdened with the thought of making Welcome work.

"Not really. There have been actors who've lasted for years despite delivering flop after flop. Of course I want all my films to work. But the actual outcome depends on destiny. I've got Abbas-Mustan's Race in January 2008.

Abbas-Mustan are sweethearts. One small portion which got left behind because of rains in Goa, remains to be shot. I'm also working in a Yashraj film (with Ranbir Kapoor).

Now I'm looking at projects that will take me further from where I am. I'm working with Raj Kumar Santoshiji.

Things aren't very clear on his front. But he's shown me two scripts, and one of them is a masterpiece. I hope that works out."

Katrina has the option to choose now.

"I'm looking at roles that don't necessarily push the envelope too far. Something like Jab We Met would be fine. At one time its director Imtiaz Ali was supposed to do a film with me and Akshay to be produced by Vipul Shah. That didn't work out.

Then I was supposed to do Rock Star with Imtiaz. That too didn't materialize. Such things happen. I'd love to work with Imtiaz, though."