After Rani's party, Aamir also skipped Saif Ali Khan's birthday at Four Seasons in Worli organised by Kareena Kapoor. Adds the source, "Aamir conveniently stayed out of the country that week. Shah Rukh attended Saif’s party while Aamir stayed away to avoid any awkwardness at both Rani and Saif's parties as he knew SRK would be present.”

But finally, Aamir couldn't avoid parties any more. Says the source, "At Ritesh's party last week, he came but only to pick up wife Kiran and didn't even step in to wish Ritesh."

Sallu's ultimatum
It is learnt that Aamir doesn't want to give Salman the impression that he is pally with SRK especially in the current situation when Salman has given an ultimatum to his friends and family that those who want to be friends with Shah Rukh can keep away from him. Aamir wants to show that he's on Sallu's side as he's keen to make films with him for his production house most notably, Raj Kumar Santoshi's sequel to Andaz Apna Apna.

However a source close to Aamir maintains that the actor's distancing himself from parties is not because of Shah Rukh but because he got a rude shock when the two Khans fought. "Aamir was heard telling people that he attended a party (Katrina's birthday) after 14 years and ended up being a victim of a huge fight so he's had enough of it. Both Salman and SRK are his friends and he wants them to remain that way without taking sides."

Meanwhile Salman Khan, who has declared an open war with Shah Rukh Khan, snubbed Lara Dutta on the sets of his television show Dus Ka Dum for her association with King Khan’s upcoming film ‘Billoo Barber.’ Lara is playing the role of leading lady in this Priyadarshan directed Shah Rukh Khan’s home production and Salman just do not want to be friends with anyone who is associated with Badshah in any way. Those present on the final day of the shoot for the game show vouched that Salman Khan not only ignored Lara Dutta while putting forth questions, but also did not make any effort to hide the cold vibes that were more than visible to any discerning eye watching the show.

Lara had come along with Rani Mukerji on the sets and two of them were expected to play with Salman Khan for the grand finale. Though they were very chatty with each other before the show, but as soon as they entered the stage to face Salman Khan everything changed, and there was a palpable tension in the air.

Though Salman was expected to address questions to both of them but he was more comfortable with Rani Mukerji and even directed his questions towards her, ignoring Lara in the process. Sallubhai even tried hard to entertain Rani Mukerji with his witty one-liners and jokes, but Lara was looking out of place and unwanted between them.