Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar wanted to shoot the title song of Heroine with Kareena Kapoor wearing a bikini or a Manish Malhotra designed swimsuit. But the actress politely said no and the director was stunned. Even the head honcho of UTV Motion Pictures tried to reason with her but to no avail.
The director and producers could not fathom why Kareena was so adamant in not wearing a swimsuit when she so engrossingly enacted some very bold scenes in the film including intimate episodes.
Kareena reportedly told Bhandarkar that she is sentimental about wearing a two piece swimsuit as it is unlucky for her. All her films where she donned a bikini — Ashoka, Kambakkht Ishq and Tashan — have bombed at the box office. So Manish Malhotra was asked to design something that will not get Kareena into a flop sentiment.