It is a well known fact that Katrina Kaif was the first choice for Tamil Superstar Rajinikanth’s movie ‘Kochadaiyaan’.

But the actress is so busy with her movies ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ with Salman Khan, ‘Dhoom 2’ with Aamir Khan, an untitled project to be directed by Yash Chopra featuring Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma and ‘Dostana 2’ with John Abraham and Abhishek Bachchan, that the actress failed to accommodate ‘Kochadaiyaan’ in her busy schedule.

So the director of the movie Soundarya had no other option but to replace her with Deepika Padukone. Even though Katrina Kaif is a bit sad that she isn’t a part of the movie, she completely understands the change.

“Rajinikanth sir’s daughter Soundarya was in touch with me. But given my schedule for the next 10 months, we were unfortunately not able to coordinate dates with their technicians, who are being flown in from different parts of the world. The film is highly technical. You will understand when you watch it,” she said to a daily.

“I can just wish Soundarya, Rajinikanth sir and their team all the best,” she added.

But the actress doesn’t see this as the end of the road of her dream to act alongside Rajinikanth.

“Of course, it’s not the end of the road. Rajinikanth sir and I will work together in the near future on something else, for sure. Fingers crossed,” she said.

The actress is currently in Cuba shooting for ‘Ek Tha Tiger’. The actress will later join the London schedule of Yash Chopra’s movie. She will start shooting for ‘Dhoom 3’ in the second half of the year, followed by the Dostana sequel closer to the end of 2012.