A series of hit flicks by the two followed namely, Singh is King, Welcome, De Dana Dan.
In 2009, Katrina starred opposite John Abraham and Neil Nitin Mukesh in New York. The actress was highly acclaimed for her performance in the flick which for the first time ever made her nominee for the best actress at Filmfare Awards. In the same year, she worked with Ranbir Kapoor in Rajkumar Santoshi's comedy drama ‘Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani' and with this, rumours surrounded their relationship as till then she had broken off with Salman Khan.