MUMBAI: Kareena thinks of Saif Ali Khan’s family as her own. Apparently, she has great regard for Saif’s sister Soha Ali Khan and her beau Kunal Khemu. A case in point is Kareena strongly recommending Kunal to Golmaal 3 director Rohit Shetty. She convinced Shetty to include him as an integral part of the Golmaal series.'

Recently, Kareena told Shetty that Kunal would be an asset in his forthcoming film, which she stars in as well. Says a source, “Recently Saif, Kareena, Soha and Kunal met for dinner. Kareena and Kunal had an intense conversation about his movies and forthcoming projects. She thinks he is a very talented actor and is just making the wrong choices with his movies. She mentioned the same to him and discussed Golmaal 3 with him.”

It’s a thoughtful gesture on Kareena’s part to help out Soha’s boyfriend. The source continues, “Golmaal director Rohit was hunting for the star cast and Kareena was aware of that. We hear she had a word with Rohit, who was convinced by Kareena’s reasoning. The director immediately decided that Kunal should be sharing the screen space with Kareena, Ajay Devgan Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Arshad Warsi and Mithun Chakraborty. This is a good break for Kunal and will put him in another league.”

Kareena and Kunal both remained unavailable for comment. However, director Rohit Shetty denied the story.