Katrina, Ranbirs great connect

High on the success of Barfi!, Ranbir Kapoor has finally decided to talk about what he really shares with his rumoured lover, Katrina Kaif.

"I have worked with Katrina in two films and I genuinely feel she is one of the nicest, coolest, and most hard-workinggirls, other than beingbeautiful, talented and normal ... a girl I can hang out and have great conversations with. I have a great connect with her as a friend and that is sometimes misconstrued," he said as we caught up with him on a rainy evening at Mumbai's Filmistan studio. "It’s a small industry and we end up working with the same people and meeting the same people, which tends to bring you close. That’s about it. I was always her dear friend," said the 29-year-old.

So, that implies he is single? "Yes, I am single as single can get," but it's not a bachelor's party all the time. "Professionally I am enjoying it, but I am also lonely at the same time.

It’s always good to have a partner. Being an actor you become even lonelier because you get so involved in your reel life that it takes over your real life ... you need that one constant person in life to talk to, watch movies with; someone who can keep you grounded. Yes, I do miss having a partner but it’s okay. This is also the time for me to work as hard as I can. I have to make a mark in the industry," he said.

Actually, he has more than that on mind.

“I aspire to be the biggest superstar and the greatest actor in the country someday! How much time, sacrifice and work that will require I don’t know, but I am willing to put in all that to achieve it.”