Mumbai: If all goes well, Kareena Kapoor will soon emerge as a strong contender to win the National Award. The stunning lass who has been vying to work with acclaimed director Madhur Bhandarkar for long now has finally caught the taskmaster’s attention and will be seen in a film by the maverick filmmaker. And it’s all owing to Kareena’s desire to bag the prestigious National Award.

Considering that there are so many random awards of late, the only award that is considered prestigious is the National Film Awards. And Madhur takes the lead in this category. So it’s no wonder that after Priyanka walked away with the award for her act in ‘Fashion’, Bebo had been desperate to work with Madhur.

And Madhur is much too pleased to oblige the sizzler’s request. Confirming the story a source told a daily, "Madhur is planning to direct a hard-sitting social film for which he wants Kareena. She has been offered Madhur`s film. It`s a fantastic, heroine-oriented script and she is meeting him for a narration. Bebo is very excited to be working with him. They have both been keen on working together for a long time. Madhur had approached her for Page 3 (Konkana`s role) and for Fashion (Priyanka`s role) but her dates didn`t work out.”

Talking about the director, Kareena said, "Madhur is any actress`s dream director. He can extract the best performances from anybody."