Central 1.2 arcsec indices for a reference sample of late spirals, Ganda et al. (2007). Open circles: a sample of ellipticals from Kuntschner et al. (2006); stars, unbarred galaxies used in this work from Moorthy et al. (2006); open diamonds: barred galaxies used in this work from Moorthy et al. (2006). Filled diamonds and the filled circles represent the values from our sample of barred galaxies.