Kareena Kapoor is sexier. But Rani Mukherjee is a better actress. Kareena has the better ?butt?, but Rani has the better roles. Rani gets Yash Chopra, and Kareena got Karan?s gift hamper at the end of the show. I am, of course, talking about Star World?s Koffee With Karan, which this week brought together Rani Mukherjee and Kareena Kapoor. Rani and Kareena were woman enough to admit they are rivals, though they also admitted they have their own separate genres to function within. ?And what?s your genre, Bebo?? the host stumped Kareena.

Karan Johar did seem to take a gleeful pleasure in chiding Kareena. But then this guest had the edge. She looked stunning and spoke from her heart. Rani, on the other hand,conveyed a more wholesome family appealWhat took me by surprise was the level of maturity displayed by the stunning Kareena Kapoor. Even when provoked to comment on her favourite bete noire like Kal Ho Naa Ho, Kareena admitted meekly that she lost the role because she got greedy. And though there?s no love lost between Preity Zinta and Kareena, it was Rani who spoke out against Preity. ?She has an opinion on everything. She speaks too much.? Er, Rani?

The one that has really grabbed attention is Zee?s Kabhi Han Kabhi Na. Quite conspicuously inspired by Farhan Akhtar?s trendsetting feature film, Dil Chahta Hai, this new rib-tickler has an excellent performance by model Kushal Punjabi in the role that Aamir Khan patented in the filmThe cocky character could easily have toppled over under the weight of his inflated self-worth. Punjabi holds the character?s immodest in-your-face flamboyance in place. He flirts, fornicates, fumes, frets and flaps his phony wings all over this exuberant celebration of youthful pains and pleasures.

Last weekend's Phir Se on Sahara One was surely a step forward for telefilms. A dancer (Rajeshwari Sachdeva) only wants to dance. But her staid husband (Akshay Anand) wants her to be a good wife. She leaves, meets another man (Varun Badola), has a live-in relationship. But wants to return to her old life. Familiar territory of human relationships sharply redefined by very competent principal performances.