Kareena's ego problem with Ash dates back to the time when Ash wrested from her the crucial role of Paro in Sanjay Bhansali's Devdas. Even as Bebo mouths platitudes about wanting to do good cinema, comes the news that she has turned down Gurinder Chaddha's Bride And Prjudice.

She was offered to play one of the five sisters while Aishwarya Rai gets to play Elizabeth's role. "Her role would have been the meatiest one," says an insider from Chaddha's unit, but that was not to be since Bebo is in all likelihood running scared.