At the Stardust awards last weekend, Saif Ali Khan, reeling under the impact of a year that was not very kind to him, ended up showing his churlish and resentful side to Salman Khan.

According to an eyewitness, Saif pointedly ignored Salman, a silly snub that did not go unnoticed by the latter.

Says a major actor who was witness to the shocking incident, "It was ridiculously obvious that Saif grew upright the minute Salman walked up the red carpet. Saif was giving bytes to the television channels when he saw Salman enter. Saif immediately took to his heels and rushed out in the opposite direction. He passed inches away from Salman without acknowledging the senior (and far more successful) Khan. Salman saw Saif storming out. Salman, being Salman, he just carried on."

The question is: Why the public display of animosity when Saif's wife Kareena dotes on her Bajrangi Bhaijaan co-star?

Will we now see another uneasy three-way tug-o-war like Shah Rukh, Ajay Devgn and Kajol?