Something brewing between SRK, models & Bangalore

Some time back we had told you about this dream project RAB NE BANA DI JODI which brings SRK-Aditya Chopra association back after a long gap, since MOHABATTEIN. We even informed that Adi was on a look out for a fresh face to cast opposite SRK. There was a lot of excitement around as to who would be the lucky girl opposite SRK.

Now the hunt for that lucky lady has come to an end. As per the latest communique from Yash Raj Films 19-year-young Anushka Sharma has been finalized to star opposite Bollywood's Badshah Shah Rukh Khan. To debut in a prestigious film from India's most respected production house and that too opposite the nation's biggest star is a dream that many eyes pine for. It's a dream every girl treasures. And very few are bestowed with such fate. But luck as it had to be, favoured model Anushka Sharma who has, earlier, done a few commercials and ramp shows with no acting background.

It's a dream for many to get associated with Shah Rukh Khan. Till date most of the girls who coupled with SRK they all achieved a stardom be it Rani Mukherji, Preity Zinta, Priyanka Chopra, etc. and the most recent case of Deepika Padukone in OM SHANTI OM. Remember the amount of buzz and hype that was created a few months back when Deepika was to debut opposite King Khan in OSO. Deepika Padukone who was though a supermodel witnessed a 360o change in her life post working with SRK in OSO. And as fate would be, what a coincidence, this time also a no-so-popular model will taste the stardom coming December. Ah! and ditto like Deepika Anushka also hails from Bangalore.

Peace activist Shah Rukh to be kidnapped

With Bangalore model Anushka Sharma having been finalized to play the leading lady opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Aditya Chopra's RAB NE BANA DI JODI, the speculations about imaginary names like Simran etc must have ended. As we have been telling you repeatedly, the film is all set to go on the floors by the middle of this month (May 15/16).

With the shooting of RAB NE BANA DI JODI and SRK's home production BILLU BARBER to be over by October-November, King Khan will move on to his next big project, the Karan Johar directed, KHAN/MY NAME IS KHAN. The Dharma productions' venture is to go on the floors in November-December 2008. Despite the fact that the Shibani Bhatija scripted project is one of the most zealously guarded secret, we have some inside info!

While it's known to most that the film takes a look at Islamic terrorism and the resultant discrimination post 9/11, the buzz is that Shah Rukh plays a peace activist who gets to see the viewpoint of the extremists, once he is kidnapped by them.

Well, we must confess that after SRK's path breaking performance in CHAK DE! INDIA, this may well turn out to be another superb portrayal from SRK, the actor and not the global superstar!