Kangna Ranaut drops in to meet good friend Salman Khan at a late-night shoot; stays on till the wee hours of the morning

Salman Khan had an unexpected visitor while shooting for Bodyguard on Wednesday night it wasn't SRK, it was Kangna Ranaut!

Apparently, Kangs was out with friends around midnight and made an impromptu detour to meet Salman when she heard that he was shooting at Filmistan Studios.

Four hours

She was seen waiting patiently and chatted with Khan's friends and brother-in-law, producer, Atul Agnihotri. Sallu joined them soon after. Ranaut was on the sets for around four hours and was later spotted leaving in Khan's car.

Their dosti is around a year old. Kangna was to act in Salman's home production directed by Mahesh Manjrekar but script changes got the film shelved.

Kangna was the only actress who attended Salman's wrap-up party at his Panvel farmhouse. Kangna, Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgn even made a special appearance for Salman's Ready, at the actor's request during the film's Bangkok schedule.

While there had been reports of Somy Ali and Salman re-establishing their relationship in Bangkok, Sallu and Kangna's midnight rendezvous appears to have put to rest any doubts regarding this special dosti in B-Town!

The two are single and eligible. Watch this space to see where this friendship goes.

SAL HELPS OUT

On February 18, we reported ('With a little help from SK') that Sal had helped Kangs market Tanu Weds Manu at her insistence.

The Dabangg star had advised her on how to go about it. He even called the channel heads of Colors and Sony to drum support for the film on the channel's daily soaps and reality shows.

KEEPIN' CLOSE

On August 16, 2010 ('Kangna in the Khan clan?'), we told you how B-Town was abuzz about the growing dosti between Salman and the Ranaut girl. The two were slowly but surely becoming close and everyone was talking about it, with the bonding being discussed at dinner parties in star homes.