Karan Johar knows that first impression is the last impression. The first look of his much-awaited film My Name is Khan all set to hit the theatres on December 18 with the Hollywood blockbuster Avatar.
As a result, Karan is having sleepless nights just to make sure that the first look creates the right buzz about the film. Karan did not sleep starting Saturday morning to Monday morning as he was busy finalising the first look of My Name is Khan.
A source said, "My Name is Khan, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, is one of Karan's most ambitious film to date more so because it is a subject that he has never attempted to make so far. He also cancelled his trip to LA to finalise the film's first look over the weekend. He reached office early on Saturday morning to start working on the edit and didn't stop till Monday morning 7am. He must have barely taken an hour-long nap in those two days. SRK too joined him on Saturday night and they had a meeting about how they plan to go about promoting the film. SRK saw some portions of the first theatrical promo and then left the Dharma Productions office early on Sunday morning. However, Karan continued to work and only left on Monday morning after he was satisfied with the first look."
Karan remained unavailable for comment. He probably was catching up on his sleep after the marathon edit session.
The recent reports that actor ShahRukh Khan wants to do porn has created a buzz around that whether this bit of news was true or not.
The ShahRukh fan club has many arguments against the view, and people are asking that why should an actor of his stature want to do a thing like that when he is at the peak of his career? There are others who think it to be nothing in today’s fast paced world of cinema where no publicity is bad publicity. The idea is to be in constant public eye.
Whatever might be the idea behind the news, one thing is for sure that there is nothing and nobody that can take the Baadshah’s position from him; and even if this might be true his fans are surely there to support the actor.
The best part is that his fans are so much devoted that they are arguing that if he has said it then may be there should be a genuine reason for him to have done so.
Then again this just maybe one way of pulling everyone’s leg. We mean that may be ShahRukh is trying to see the reactions he gets from different people. Well, either ways he is the winner as people have reacted and there you have him in the news again. Really we just can’t beat this Khan no matter which field it is. Hats Off to you King Khan!
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Bollywood’s undisputed emperor Shah Rukh Khan who has been embellished with titles such as ‘King Khan’ and ‘Bollywood Badshah’ has, recently, disclosed his inner mind’s naughty desire. While addressing a press conference, he disclosed that he always wanted to be aporn star.
He further jested that he possesses all the inherent attributes required to be a porn star. He was at his witty best as he quipped that he’s really craving to act in a porn movie and can do wonders if given an opportunity. We can’t agree more! He is sexy, and handsome, has jet black hair, is a proud owner of a pair of seductive and mesmerizing eyes and is a master when it comes to romancing ladies.
So, all you gals out there, don’t be surprised if he shows up in your bedroom TV sets wearing nothing save his attitude.
Shahrukh Khan's fans need not get bugged by the headline, King Khan still has one of the best skins in the industry. Shahrukh will be sporting an aged and wrinkled look with a receding hairline in the latest Dish TV commercial. Shahrukh is paired with Tisca Chopra where he brings home an orphan girl child who settles into the family only after an experience with Dish TV.
The 30 Crore ad campaign is a part of Dish TV's plans to re brand itself where it will come with a new logo. Shahrukh had pocketed Rs. 10 Crores for the ad. The creative idea was conceptualized by Ad industry veteran and celebrated lyricist, Prasoon Joshi and the McCann World Group team. The commercials have been directed by the much acclaimed Bollywood director Anurag Basu.
Talk about idol worship and how different people react differently when they bump into their favourite icons who they have worshipped all their life. Some scream from the bottom of their lungs while some go tight-lipped!
Actress Chitrangda Singh faced this situation when she was face to face with her favourite actor Shah Rukh Khan recently.
Our source revealed to us, "Chitrangda was at a book launch event in Delhi recently. She was asked to address the audience and the moment she took to the podium she went blank! To everybody's surprise she went speechless because she spotted her icon Shah Rukh Khan seated in the front row of the auditorium. She started her speech by addressing SRK. "I am a huge fan of you" said she before she spoke anything else. SRK too obliged Chitrangda by smiling at her throughout. The audiences found it very cute too!"
In a recent promotional video on Star Plus, Shahrukh Khan revealed that the first look trailer of My Name Is Khan will be unveiled on Star Plus on 16th December 2009, at 10 PM Indian Standard Time.
The official theatrical trailer though, will be released with James Cameron’s Hollywood movie Avatar.
Co-written and directed by Karan Johar, My Name Is Khan also stars Kajol, Jimmy Shergill amongst others. The music has been composed by Shankar - Ehsaan - Loy.
The worldwide theatrical rights, on 7th August, was sold to Fox Star Studios for Rs 98 crores.
It has been a long twenty years ago that ShahRukh Khan had been seen in the role of the soldier called Abhimanyu Rai. Now there is news flying high about him coming back as the daring army man in the same serial Fauji.It was with this serial in Doordarshan that the versatile actor had gained recognition and accolades for his acting potential.
As he became a household name in those days of new serials, he got a wonderful break in the movies with the actress Juhi Chawla in the movie Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman. The film was a stupendous success. After that there was no looking back for ShahRukh.
As he climbed the ladder to success with superb movies like Deewangi, Baazigar, Daar, Anjaam etc he was very much in demand in spite of doing negative characters in many of these films.
Gradually he reached the highest rung in the league of romantic heroes. Then, came a series of hit films like Dil Wale Dulhaniya Le Jayeinge, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, Kal Ho Na Ho, Main Hun Na, Baadshah and Chalte Chalte to name just a few.
After establishing himself as the King in bollywood he again ventured out into television following the footsteps of Amitabh Bachchan.
The Kaun Banega Crorepati hit show on television hosted by Big B in the first season was carried forward by our King Khan. Even that proved to be a hit with the audience. Then came another show ontelevision called Paachvi Paas, this had mixed responses. But now as he is all set to come back in his original avatar on television as a brave soldier everyone is eager to see him.
We guess, some people just never get old, and especially if it’s someone like ShahRukh, then no one really minds.
King Khan Shah Rukh is broadening his horizons, the actor recently said he wants to be the biggest porn star there is.
At the recent unveiling of management guru and dean of IIPM Arindam Chaudhari’s new book Discover the Diamond in You, Shah Rukh Khan was all praise for the book and the author. ‘It will take just 59 minutes to complete the book, but I took 45’ said the witty SRK who looked dapper in his suit at the book launch. The actor spoke of the inspiration he received from the book, and said that he finally had the courage to take up his dream job of becoming a porn star. ‘I promise you guys, I will be the biggest porn star there is,’ he signed off.
Shah Rukh had the media in splits with his witty sarcasm and the actor, who shares a great relationship with Arindam, spoke of the author’s efforts in bringing about a progressive thinking among individuals today. SRK and Arindam last teamed up when Shahrukh signed a three-year deal with IIPM to host its annual business and marketing quiz programme. At the book launch, the duo shared great camaraderie. Shah Rukh was seen speaking of Arindam’s stylish persona.
However, a source close to the actor pointed out, ‘Shah Rukh is making sure he’s all over town with several events and meets, considering the fact that he has no major release this year. He was present at the 26/11 Taj memorial in Delhi, the Bombay Times party, at Sachin’s 20 year celebration, the Paa premiere and now this. He’s making sure his many public appearance can make up for the no-release this year. He does a great balancing act, and is creating quite a big buzz for his releases next year.’
Whichever district wins will contribute a portion of the prize money towards the welfare of the district. Invites for the D-day have been sent out to noted film personalities from Tollywood too." Ask him whether SRK will be fielding Ganguly's film googlies and Sanjoy signs off with, "That's a surprise."
Holy Bollywood! Shahrukh Khan has aged a lot since we last saw him! But there is no reason for fans to panic, it's only for a new TV commercial!
The King of Bollywood plays a septuagenarian grandfather who romances his wife, played by actress Tanvi Azmi. And as the happy old couple dance in their house, their kids and grandkids spot them and laugh!
So check out Shahrukh Khan playing a 70-year-old man in this new Dish TV commercial and let us know what you think of the King of Bollywood in grey hair!
Linc Pen, a leading player in the branded pen industry, today said it has renewed its brand endorsement contract with film star Shahrukh Khan, who has helped sales grow by as much as 15 per cent.
Shahrukh has been the brand ambassador for Linc Pen for the past one year. Last year, sales grew by seven per cent.
"We have renewed the contract with him (Shahrukh Khan) for another year. His association with the brand has been very rewarding for us and has helped increase the brand visibility and boosted our sales figures as well," Linc Pen & Plastics Managing Director Deepak Jalan said here.
Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan, the good businessmen that they are, did not let their rivalry come in the way when presented a chance to mingle with the Reliance head honcho!
Mukesh and Neeta Ambani celebrated Sachin Tendulkar's 20 years in international cricket by hosting a bash at their house, Seawind at Cuffe Parade in Mumbai on Sunday night, December 6.
The Ambani couple own the Mumbai Indians team in the IPL and Sachin is the captain.
The 300 odd party guests included Preity Zinta, an IPL owner as well.
Zinta tweeted:
Nita had a party to celebrate Sachin Tendulkar's 20 years in cricket last night ! Srk and Aamir rocked it and boy his wife is so pretty !
Aamir and Shah Rukh recited poems for the celebrated cricketer.
Aamir, accompanied by wife Kiran and his new film 3 Idiots director Raju Hirani and producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra, said, "I recited the lines 'Khudi ko kar buland itna ki har takhdir se pehle khuda bande se khud pooche, bata teri raza kya hai' for Sachin. The lines fit him very well."
Shah Rukh recited a poem penned by his daughter Suhana for the Little Master!
Rani Mukerji, Priyanka Chopra, Shamita Shetty and Diya Mirza gave performances choreographed by Ganesh Hegde.
After the kidney transplant operation in Singapore, politician Amar Singh has definitely come back a changed person. He does not seem to hold any grudges against anyone now.
At the premiere of “Paa” on Dec 3, it was quite evident that he has buried the hatchet with Shah Rukh Khan, with whom he had got embroiled in a war of words after SRK’s Newark airport detention incident.
At the premiere however, he was seen bonding big time with SRK and wife Gauri.
In fact, Amar Singh made the first move and personally went to Screen no. 3 where Karan, SRK and family and Yash Birla were seated even though he had his seats with the Bachchans in Screen no. 2.
Amar Singh said that he had just come up to say hello as he had not met Shah Rukh for quite some time. On the other hand SRK too was very cordial with him. He asked him to come over to Mannat someday and even let him know when he wants to come.
The pleasantries lasted for a good ten minutes with lot of industry people looking on in shock.
The entire industry turned up for the premiere to congratulate the Bachchans. Only people absent or rather not invited were Salman Khan, Rani Mukerji, Preity Zinta, Katrina Kaif and Viveik Oberoi – don’t we know the reason for their non appearance? What say Abhi and Ash?
We have seen Shah Rukh Khan as a super hero in Farah Khan's 'Om Shanti Om', but only as one of the characters of the film. And now gear up to see him playing a full fledged super hero in Anubhav Sinha's 'Ra-1'.
As per trade sources, the film is expected to go on floors from February 2010, to coincide with King Khan's 'My Name Is Khan', that will release globally on the 12th of February, next year.
'Ra-1' is expected to release in late 2010, if things go as per scedule.
We have all heard about the movie which will pair the golden couple of the film industry Shahrukh Khan and Kajol after a decade, named MY NAME IS KHAN! Well this time its Priety Zinta who went on praising Kajol in delhi as she is the Brand ambassador of Dabur Vatika.
“I saw some of the film’s (My Name Is Khan) footage and she is outstanding in it and so is Shahrukh and I think it will be great movie. She even said that nobody could have done the role better than Kajol.(PTI). “Look at Kajol. She goes and gets married, has a kid.
Almost every actress in few decades ago use to bid good bye to the film industry once they tied knot but the concept has changed completely in today’s time. Marriage doesn’t mean an end to the filmy career! It means to put a break for sometime till your child needs you and then come with a bang and hit the screen as we have seen in case of Kajol, the black beauty of the film industry.
We wish her all the best with her film and hope the golden duo creates that same magic as we have seen in Baazigar, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Kabhie Khushi Kabhi Gum.
Fans must be waiting desperately for MY NAME IS KHAN.
With KURBAAN being a thing of the past, one can expect Karan Johar to have indeed moved on. His biggest film till date, MY NAME IS KHAN, is up for release this Valentines Day and one can expect the promotion to begin any time. Though one can trust Karan and Co. to have come up with an altogether different storyline for both MY NAME IS KHAN and KURBAAN, one wonders whether thematically there are any similarities.
"Not at all", shoots back Karan, "MY NAME IS KHAN is a completely different film. The film is set at a larger scale thematically and is about global perception. Moreover, it is totally emotionally based. The film doesn't have any religious or spiritual undertone to it but basically sends across the message of humanity."
Karan, who has produced as well as directed MY NAME IS KHAN, says that the film brings with it an altogether different point of view.
"This time around, the point of view is defensive, not offensive", he explains, "The film belongs to a totally different world. When you understand the protagonist (played by Shah Rukh Khan) and his belief in humanity, you would understand the heart and soul of the film."
Starring Kajol as the lead opposite Shah Rukh Khan, the film also features Jimmy Sheirgill, Soniya Jehan, Zarina Wahab, Parvin Dabbas, Arif Zakaria, Navneet Nishan, Sheetal Menon, Tanay Chheda and Arjun Mathur. With music by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, MY NAME IS KHAN releases all over on 12th February.
Yeah you would have guessed it… Hamara SRK have coloured his hair grey for an act.
Shah Rukh Khan, the brand ambassador of Dish TV, will feature as a 75-year-old man for their new ad concept, ‘Ghar Aayi Zindagi’. He will share the screen in this one with Tanvi Azmi. Adman Prasoon Joshi has done the concept while ‘Kites’ fame Anurag Basu has directed this commercial. McCann Erickson has undertaken the campaign.
Revealing about the ad, the director shared, “The story is very cute. Tanvi Azmi is playing Shah Rukh’s wife. They’re hiding inside their room and are dancing.” He added that there is a beautiful chemistry between them.
He said that initially they were apprehensive whether Shahrukh will accept the old character. “We didn’t know if SRK will agree to the idea. I didn’t want to make him Veer Zaara kinda old. It had to be different. So, pehle Shah Rukh ko buddha banaya humne pictures mein, and then showed it to him. He was very sporting and loved the idea,” recalled Basu. Then the director went on to share an interestingly cute gupshup. He said that after the whole get-up was done, Shahrukh clicked a picture of himself and sent it to Gauri on the phone, asking, ‘Will you still love me when I am old and look like this?’ on this Basu amusingly gushed, “I am sure he will look much more handsome when he is old!”
Talking about the ad, Salil Kapoor, COO of Dish TV said, “In line with the core message of the campaign, Shahrukh Khan will bring alive warm family moments that tug at the heartstrings. Moments that have become a rarity in today’s family.”
Besides this, Shahrukh has one more concept alongside Tisca Chopra where he brings home an orphan girl child who settles into the family only after an experience with Dish TV.
The campaign is said to start from this month… So Check Karo!
Shahrukh Khan's fans need not get bugged by the headline, King Khan still has one of the best skins in the industry. Shahrukh will be sporting an aged and wrinkled look with a receding hairline in the latest Dish TV commercial. Shahrukh is paired with Tisca Chopra where he brings home an orphan girl child who settles into the family only after an experience with Dish TV.
At the recent unveiling of management guru and dean of IIPM Arindam Chaudhari’s new book Discover the Diamond in You, Shah Rukh Khan was all praise for the book and the author. ‘It will take just 59 minutes to complete the book, but I took 45’ said the witty SRK who looked dapper in his suit at the book launch. The actor spoke of the inspiration he received from the book, and said that he finally had the courage to take up his dream job of becoming a porn star. ‘I promise you guys, I will be the biggest porn star there is,’ he signed off.
Holy Bollywood! Shahrukh Khan has aged a lot since we last saw him! But there is no reason for fans to panic, it's only for a new TV commercial!
We have all heard about the movie which will pair the golden couple of the film industry Shahrukh Khan and Kajol after a decade, named MY NAME IS KHAN! Well this time its Priety Zinta who went on praising Kajol in delhi as she is the Brand ambassador of Dabur Vatika.
With KURBAAN being a thing of the past, one can expect Karan Johar to have indeed moved on. His biggest film till date, MY NAME IS KHAN, is up for release this Valentines Day and one can expect the promotion to begin any time. Though one can trust Karan and Co. to have come up with an altogether different storyline for both MY NAME IS KHAN and KURBAAN, one wonders whether thematically there are any similarities.
