Actress Sonakshi Sinha may be barely a film old in B-Town, but the Dabangg star has enough controversies up her sleeve to give tagdi takkar to some of the top stars in that department. In fact, industrywallahs point out that never before has a newbie created such a ripple among the big names.

That she is a star kid and is backed by the powerful Bollywood star Salman Khan apart, a superhit in her kitty has already propelled her to a position where she’s apparently being taken seriously as competition. Add to that the fact that she has another six biggies to bank on in the coming year.

However, on her climb up, Sinha seems to have rubbed several top actresses the wrong way, including the top-league rated Katrina Kaif and Kareena Kapoor, with reports of her having bagged the same brands as Kat and having beaten Kareena to make it to the top of a web-search being circulated by Team Sona, which then turned out to be just an online poll of a particular website. Then came reports of her having trouble with the other Khan protege Zareen Khan.

Trade analyst Amod Mehra feels that dragging Katrina’s name did help her grab the initial eyeballs and add that sensational zing ensuring that she gets written about in that league of actors. “So instead of being compared to the likes of Deepika (Padukone) or Anushka (Sharma) who are relatively direct competition, she’s managed to be compared directly to the likes of even bigger stars, automatically upping her own star value,” he explains. “There’s no denying that her team has helped her create the right stir.”

But while some in the industry say that it’s her over-confident attitude that’s giving her a bad name, there are those who feel that the sassy actor has all reasons to be her confident self.

Mehra adds that the attention, albeit some of it controversial, has only been possible because the girl does have a lot of potential. “No one can take that away from her. That’s why she’s a worthy competitor and has been making several in her league insecure too,” he says.

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh believes that she’s a star-in-the-making and gets written about because people want to read about her. “The fact is that she sells. Of course she may not be Miss Popular, but she is definitely the most promising star on the block,” he says.