Shah Rukh Khan launches Filmfare's New Issue

King Khan is an old term. Now Shahrukh Khan is better known as the six-pack Khan. And if he is at an event, the Media cannot resist but ask him about his six-pack abs.

And thats what you get to see not only in Om Shanti Om but also on the cover of the latest edition of Filmfare.

"I am very embarrassed, people come to see my abs and not my acting. Actually I am very shy of photo shoots,” says Shah Rukh.

When asked if was there just to flaunt his six-pack abs cover, or to promote Om Shanti Om, he said, “Well it’s just not a promotional event for Om Shanti Om, its my relation with Filmfare as well."

So will he steal the show in Om Shanti Om?

“I think this film is completely ruled by the two leading ladies and that is Farah khan and Deepika,” said SRK.

Be it the ladies or his six-pack abs. or just him, Mr producer is doing whatever it takes to get movie buffs to the theatres when it hits the screen on November 9.

Manisha Mahaldar, IBNlive

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"Internationally, if you have a Muslim surname you might be considered a terrorist." - SRK

Top Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan says his Muslim surname gets him put through extra security checks outside India, particularly at London's Heathrow airport, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

Khan said in the Mumbai-based DNA newspaper that in the past his name was recognized overseas, and he easily cleared his own and his movie crew's baggage.

However, due to tighter security his Hindu assistant is now able to clear his bags faster the Khan could, the newspaper said.

"These days I am the one who is stopped so ... he carries my bags," the actor was quoted as saying. "Internationally, if you have a Muslim surname you might be considered a terrorist."

Khan will soon be acting in well-known Indian filmmaker Karan Johar's film, "My name is Khan" — about how people with Muslim names are viewed with suspicion internationally after the terror attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.

Khan has acted in more than 50 movies. He played the coach of an Indian women's hockey team in his recent blockbuster "Chak De!India" or "Go for it,India."

International Herald Tribune

"I am not doing Dhoom 3," - SRK

Shahrukh Khan is currently promoting his home production Om Shanti Om which is all set for a Diwali release.

Apart from that it seems that several projects have fallen through for this big star.

There was a lot of talk about south director Shankar’s film Robot starring SRK. However due to creative differences between the director and Shahrukh, the two have decided to part ways amicably and are not doing the film together anymore.
Robot was supposed to be a hi-fi, sci-fi flick.

Shahrukh admits that he will not be doing Robot; he says “Yes, we have called it off. We were not happy with a few things; his take on the film was completely different from mine. We had worked very hard on the film and it is sad that we had to call it off. Both Shanker and I decided that we won’t make it together.” But SRK maintains that it was a mutual and amicable parting between director Shanker and him.

Apart from that Shahrukh was also supposed to do Rajkumar Hirani’s film but will not be doing it due to various problems . So now Shahrukh has a few months free, in his witty humour he says “I am pretty jobless for the time being. However I am sure that I will manage to get some work.”

There have also been rumours that Shahrukh will be doing Dhoom 3, but he says “I am not doing Dhoom 3.”

Shahrukh’s next project will be Farhan Akhtar’s Don 2 which will begin at the end of 2008.

Recently Shahrukh had supposedly also asked Shirish Kunder to make some changes in his film script, but this did not go down well with the director and he and SRK supposedly had a huge showdown. SRK then opted out of the film and Shirish approached Akshay Kumar who agreed to do the film. So it seems that lately SRK has been having a lot of creative differences with his directors.

So is Shahrukh going the Aamir Khan way of getting involved in every aspect of the film and meddling too much with the script?

Well, being SRK, he definitely has every right to!

Bollywood Mantra

SRK decided to opt out of Shankar's sci-fi thriller 'Robot'

Shah Rukh Khan has pulled the plug on South director Shanker's sci-fi thriller Robot. Shah Rukh was to produce the film through his Red Chillies Entertainment and also play the lead in it as a super hero.

After having worked hard on the film for four months, Shah Rukh decided to opt out of it due to creative differences with Shankar who recently directed the blockbuster hit Sivaji starring Rajnikanth.

"We were not happy with few things, among them being the fact that his take on the film was completely different from mine. It was amicably done and there is no bad blood," Shah Rukh says

Shah Rukh who had set aside 7 months for the production of Robot, which was to start filming in November, now has a lot of time on his hands.

He will next star in Farhan Akhtar's Don 2 which will go on the floors in 2008.

Shah Rukh appears to be making good use of the time he has on hand. He recently played host to one of the world's richest men, steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal. The two met at a party in Mumbai over the weekend during which Shah Rukh invited him over to his residence Mannat.

"I met Mr Mittal at a party and just invited him home, so on the way to the airport he just dropped in for a cup of tea," Shah Rukh says.

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World's richest man visits SRK's home

He isn't called the King Khan for nothing, and it's this status which enables him to makes stand and interact with top political leaders and industrialist alike.

And guess who paid him a visit at his bungalow Mannat recently? None other than , one of world's richest men, steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal.

"Over the weekend Mr Mittal was in Mumbai and he met with Shah Rukh Khan at a party and SRK invited him to his house so before flying out to London on his private plane, Lakshmi just dropped in to pay a courtesy visit," says a source.

When Shah Rukh Khan was asked about it he confirms the news and says "I met Mr Mittal at a party and just invited him home, so on the way to the airport he just dropped in for a cup of tea.

Earlier,the launch of international magazine FHM turned out to be one sensational event with media and celebrities attending the event.

The surprise for the evening turned out to be Shah Rukh Khan who unexpectedly turned up at the event along with industrialist Lakshmi Mittal . Other celebrities present at the event were Gauri Khan, Karan Johar, Vivek Oberoi, Farha and Aqeel Khan, Upen Patel, Jackie Shroff, Chunkey Pandey and Farhan Akhtar.

Gautam Buragohain, IndiaTimes Movies