Ranbir, Katrina celebrate Ajab Prem's success

Bollywood’s current hot favourite couple Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif are delighted as their first outing together has hit a jackpot at the box office. (Photo: IANS)

The film -- about a love-struck teenager -- took Rs 337.5 million in its first five days, while its soundtrack has rocketed to the top of the music charts. (Photo: IANS/Text: AFP)

In Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, Ranbir stars alongside Katrina Kaif, who has had an equally rapid rise since switching from modelling to movies and is now one of Bollywood's most bankable stars. (Photo: IANS/Text: AFP)

Director Rajkumar Santoshi has in the past given us hits like Andaaz Apna Apna, Ghayal and Damini to name a few. (Photo: IANS)

Ranbir Kapoor is being touted as the next big thing in Bollywood. But the 27-year-old brushes aside such talk, instead preferring to build up experience in a range of films to prove his worth as an actor and not just a name in a business and country where family connections go a long way. "Please don't give me such titles," he told reporters recently, referring to descriptions of him as "the next big thing." "I have a long way to go. I have only been in the film industry for two years and I am working hard to prove myself. (Photo: IANS)

Ranbir and Katrina will be seen together in a political drama Rajneeti, which is a complete shift from their first film together.

Ranbir has had a meteoric rise to fame since he was first seen in Saawariya in November 2007. The film did not do well, but his potential was noticed. Last year, he had moderate success with the romantic comedy Bachna Ae Haseeno and then the comedy-drama Wake Up Sid, which was a huge hit. (Photo: IANS)