It all started with Priyanka Chopra finding herself at the receiving end of Kareena Kapoor's angst. While Priyanka claimed to have buried the hatchet, Kareena refused to call her a friend making Priyanka see red too! Kareena's talons of course, have been sharp since we've known her. Her cold war with Bipasha Basu may be old news, but who would have thought Kareena still holds a grudge?

But as you sow, so shall you reap. Kareena discovered this when Mallika Sherawat didn't spare a dig at her on Johar's show recently. Karan’s show seems to be becoming the favourite platform for Bollywood stars bashing each other in a public display of aggression.

Mallika’s first chance to get even came when she was offered Murder. The film seemed like another, more erotic interpretation to the theme of marital infidelity that Kareena shot in Dharmesh Darshan’s Bewafaa.

“Mallika went around telling everyone that Bebo was doing a film exactly like her Murder. When this reached Bebo’s ears, she was naturally livid. Finally, Murder came much before Bewafaa and proved to be a much bigger success and Mallika felt vindicated for all the humiliation she had suffered during Jeena Sirrf Tere Liye, ” the source revealed.

But let's not forget that all this washing of dirty linen in public only helps sell more tabloid copies. Not to mention what it does for Johar's talk show ratings. As for the catalyst himself, the man who provides these ladies the platform to battle it out, he chooses to wash his hands off any responsibility.

I think people tend to be slightly wittier, if not bitchy, and slightly more fun on the show. I don’t do anything. I ask innocent questions,” he says.

Hey! If we might be as bitchy as theses ladies are, let's just say that sometimes their catfights are far more entertaining than their movies.