"SRK has some great rules!” - Priyadarshan

Actor Shah Rukh Khan needs to be applauded — not just for his success in films, or then his new found success on the cricket arena, but for his manners on the sets.

Only recently, the man was shooting in Bandra — never mind the chaos, anticipation and high pressure levels at the IPL, the actor was on the sets giving every take his best shot for Priyadarshan’s Billoo Barber .

Now, we obviously landed up there. And Priyan was all praise for his actor. “He is one actor who doesn’t carry his mobile with him for a shot. It’s a brilliant habit, and no actor that I’ve worked with so far has managed to do that. They are addicted to their cell phones, but SRK has some great rules!” he says.

So, while Karan Johar and Farah Khan may constantly complain about Shah Rukh not replying to SMSes or answering calls, it looks like these diligent spots on the Khan leopard are going to be hard to change.

SRK's cheerleaders get a makeover

Shah Rukh Khan’s cheerleaders will now sport Manish Malhotra’s ensembles; Ganesh Hegde’s outfits have been junked

Designer Manish Malhotra and Gauri Khan (Shah Rukh’s wife) have decided to re-style the cheerleaders of Shah Rukh Khan’s Kolkata Knight Riders.

Says B-Town’s favourite designer, “I was very unhappy with the gold outfits worn by the cheerleaders earlier during the Bangalore and Kolkata matches.

They have been designed by Ganesh Hegde. Gauri and I were discussing the outfits and we thought that the cheerleaders should look sportier.

Now I am re-designing new outfits for them before the next match.” Kolkatta Knight Riders are playing their next match on April 26, in Chennai, where they play Chennai Superstars.

Manish elaborates, “The outfits worn by the cheerleaders should look cool and racy. Earlier they were wearing gold skirts and tops but I want to design black T-Shirts and shorts in complete black with a gold emblem; that will look trendier.

The gold skirts worn earlier were taken from the music video which Ganesh had conceptualised and directed.”

Manish along with Anahita Shroff Adjania (and Reebok and Velmont) have designed the outfits worn by the Kolkata Knight Riders cricketers. Manish is all praise for Shah Rukh for his visualization and creative inputs.

“Shah Rukh has been involved in the minutest of detailing. He has an eye for details and is very passionate about whatever he does. The maximum credit of the cricketers’ outfits goes to Shah Rukh. The black and gold was his idea as it’s the philosophy of the Knight Riders.”

Manish adds that working costume details with Shah Rukh was exacting, “There were meetings galore; we even showed a storyboard to him. He had sent an email of the story and the emblem.

The fabrics and shoes were in collaboration with Velmont and Reebok. Anahita and I have done the formals — the black and charcoal grey blazers and pants. I had never worked with Belmont and I learnt a lot in the three months that we worked together. I

want to be versatile. The outfits look smart, stylish and glamorous with gold helmets and pads. Cricket just got more glamorous.”

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King Khan goes Missing!

After delivering back-to-back hits at Bangalore and Kolkata by leading from the wings, Shah Rukh Khan is letting his Kolkata Knight Riders fend for themselves.

Against Team Chennai in their match this Saturday at Chennai’s M A Chidambaram Stadium. SRK, who is reckoned to be the lucky mascot for his team, was in the stands orchestrating the Kolkata Knight Riders’ successes against Vijay Mallya’s Royal Challengers at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore and against Team Hyderabad at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

But now, he has to give the Chennai IPL match a miss because he is required in London first for an awards show and then in Paris, where a statue of the Bollywood Badshah will be unveiled at the Grevin Wax Muesum. Incidentally, the only other statue of an Indian at this prestigious museum is that of Mahatma Gandhi.

Of the Parisian honour, Shah Rukh smiled and told BT, "It’s got less to do with me and more with the unfolding of Hindi cinema across the globe. After other parts of the world, Bollywood is now hot in France. It’s simply a sign of progress for our cinema."

And as for missing the Saturday match, he said, "Before the IPL began, I had decided to see only the matches being played in Kolkata, Bangalore and Mumbai. My schedule doesn’t permit me the luxury of all this. And my involvement with the players is before and after the match. I sat with my team the day before and gave them moral support and whatever else was required of me. I will miss them on Saturday and vice versa, but the point is they are the real performers. I am just adding to the hoopla by dancing and cheering."

He does not deny, though, that his presence in the stadium is considered a good omen for the Kolkata Knight Riders. "I have heard lots of flattering stuff about my luck factor. By saying this, it’s taking away the credit from my team. Luck is too frivolous a concept that truly dilutes all the hard work people put in. I have always been doing my job. The rest is all God’s blessings," SRK said.

And as for bringing the glam element to IPL, he said, "Just because my friends and I belong to the entertainment industry and, maybe, we grab a lot more eyeballs than others, it can be said we lend the glam quotient. But honestly, we are here because we love the game like everyone else. I will only be involved in things I am passionately interested in."

Times Of India